Padnell Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Waterlooville, Hampshire
Padnell Infant School is a primary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Padnell Avenue, Cowplain, Waterlooville, PO8 8DS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 266 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils speak with great enthusiasm and affection about their school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of them.”
- “Pupils work hard, behave well and follow the school’s ‘GROW’ values of ‘giving citizens’, ‘resilient learners’, ‘original thinkers’ and ‘wise workers’ every day.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well pupils achieve.”
- “This is because some of the subject curriculums are relatively new and have not been fully embedded yet.”
- “While pupils’ knowledge is developing across the curriculum, learning does not meet the expectations of subject leaders in all subjects for all pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 76 first-preference applications, 86 offers in total, 76 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2019 to 2026, as Hampshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Padnell Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Queen's Inclosure Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hart Plain Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hart Plain Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Woodcroft Primary 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Springwood Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springwood Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Horndean Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published