Freegrounds Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.39 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Freegrounds Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Freegrounds 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 | 1.39 mi |
| 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.39 miles, further than in 2021, and 43rd shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 11.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire is 18.7%.
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
- Hobb Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 0GG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 225 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are at the heart of this warm and vibrant school.”
- “These values thread through all aspects of school life, giving pupils a clear understanding of their rights and responsibilities.”
- “Pupils have a keen sense of equality, showing strong acceptance of people who look or sound different.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes pupils choose other books that are not at the right level.”
- “While the teaching of phonics is largely effective, some staff need additional training in the delivery of the programme.”
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders have not accurately identified exactly what pupils need to know and remember each lesson.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- Freegrounds Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Kings Copse Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Shamblehurst Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Berrywood Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wellstead Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Boorley Park 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint James' Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published