New Milton Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · New Milton, 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 🔒
New Milton Infant School is a primary school in New Milton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
New Milton 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
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2020, the one earlier year with a published Reception outcome.
- 24% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
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
- Lymington Road, New Milton, BH25 6PZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “This is a caring and inclusive school.”
- “Leaders have a strong sense of moral purpose and work hard to ensure that all pupils are supported effectively.”
- “Staff get to know pupils quickly and their families well.”
To improve
- “However, at times, activities for older pupils in the mixed classes are not as well thought out.”
- “Staff do not always support these pupils’ learning as well as they might.”
- “However, despite their best efforts, a minority of pupils do not come to school regularly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 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.
- New Milton Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ashley Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Ashley Infant School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Tiptoe Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bransgore Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published