Foundry Lane Primary School
Primary school in Southampton. Requires improvement (Jan 2022).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 11 January 2022, report published 9 March 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Foundry Lane Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Foundry Lane Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around July 2024
The last inspection was in January 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.4 milesWordsworth Primary and Nursery School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
- 0.6 milesFreemantle Church of England Community Academy
School remains Good (Mar 2024)
- 0.7 milesTanners Brook Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
- 0.7 milesShirley Infant School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025)
- 0.7 milesShirley Junior School
School remains Good (Jun 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.