Wildground Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wildground Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Wildground Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 31 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 15.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire is 20.6.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Crete Road, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4JX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “The possibilities are endless for pupils who attend this school.”
- “Leaders are aspirational for all pupils.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve extremely well.”
To improve
- “In the past, disadvantaged pupils have not attained highly enough in mathematics at the end of key stage one.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Wildground Junior School 0.0 mi Improved significantly
- Orchard Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Waterside Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hythe Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Manor Church of England Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cadland Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackfield Primary and Nursery School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published