Southwood Primary School

Primary · state · ages 3–11 · 593 pupils · RM9 5LT

GoodOfstedInspected Jul 2023

7%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.0Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

56%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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28.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths56% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths7% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)54% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 103, maths 103.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put it first for 57 places (1.0 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	40	40	1.0	100%
Reception, 2025	63	59	0.9	100%
Reception, 2026	57	56	1.0	100%

Money

£8,405spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

82%of spending on staff, 53% on teachers

£64krevenue reserve (1.3% of a year's income)

−£83kdeficit in the year

Income £4.8m, spending £4.9m (April 2025 to March 2026, 580 pupils).

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
11+ pass rate: passing isn't the same as a grammar place, and not every child sits the test, so the share passing depends on who chose to sit. Small numbers are hidden by the council as published. How grammar admissions work.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: LB Redbridge FOI (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_plus_scores_pdf_and_pupils_wh), Pupils who sat test stats 2021; LB Redbridge FOI (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_plus_scores_pdf_and_pupils_wh), Pupils Who Sat The Test 2022.

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11+ results

Pupils from this school who sat the Redbridge 11+ (places go by score; no pass mark), and how many were assessed suitable for grammar school.

Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2022for September 2023	Less than 5	–	–
Autumn 2021for September 2022	Less than 5	–	–

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.0

100%

Reception, 2025

0.9

100%

Reception, 2026

1.0

100%