Luminous Oak Academy

Special · ages 8-16MixedFree schoolHampshire

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Luminous Oak Academy is a special free school in Botley for boys and girls aged 8 to 16.

Flycatcher Road, Botley, SO32 2FG023 9431 0805Ms Louisa Paston headteacherAll details

Ofsted

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Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hampshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll–

Places125

Pupils from low-income families–Get free school meals

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m13812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate54 per 1,000 people40% lower than the England average

Typical house price£341,000Eastleigh

Nearest bus stop340 mBoorley Park, 2 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

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School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Deer Park School	Free school	790 m	910	Good 2023	53	Compare
Boorley Park	Free school	980 m	380	Good 2023	24	Compare
Berrywood Primary School	Council	0.6 miles	631	Report card 2025	49	Compare
Wellstead Primary School	Council	0.9 miles	414	Good 2020	68	Compare
Wildern School	Academy	1.1 miles	1,674	Good 2024	51	Compare
Shamblehurst Primary School	Council	1.1 miles	404	Good 2023	61	Compare
Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School	Church of England	1.3 miles	139	Not inspected	84	Compare
Freegrounds Junior School	Council	1.4 miles	301	Good 2023	36	Compare

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How many pupils does Luminous Oak Academy have?

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Contact and details

Address: Flycatcher Road, Botley, SO32 2FG
Telephone: 023 9431 0805
Headteacher: Ms Louisa Paston
Type of school: Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
Phase: Special school, ages 8-16
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Multi-academy trust: Solent Academies Trust (6 schools)
Local authority: Hampshire
Ward: Botley
Constituency: Hamble Valley
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 September 2026 (academy free school)
URN: 152453 · LAESTAB 8507007 · UKPRN 10100952

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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