Eling Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.74 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eling Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Eling Infant School and Nursery 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 | 1.74 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.74 miles from the school, further than in 2025 and 2019, with the biggest swing between 2025 and 2026.
- Among 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, its 1.74 miles was the 39th longest; the middle figure was 1.41 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 49 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 44 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
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
- School Road, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this highly inclusive school.”
- “They strive to meet the school’s very high expectations of them.”
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 49 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 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.
- Lydlynch Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Abbotswood Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Oakfield Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Wood Infant School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Foxhills Junior School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Foxhills Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Calmore Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Calmore Junior School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade