Shamblehurst Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Shamblehurst Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 5–11 (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.
Shamblehurst Primary 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
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, whereas places ran out in all 3 earlier published years, and the last distance swung sharply between some of them.
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 46 offers, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.3 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
- Wildern Lane, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 4EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 404 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 March 2023
Strengths
- “The school’s motto of ‘Together we can’ is evident throughout the school.”
- “This is modelled by all and underpinned by the school’s four values of ‘pride, respect, curiosity and courage.”
- “On the playground and in lessons, pupils show respect for one another.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders have not identified the precise knowledge that pupils must cover.”
- “This means that pupils are not learning as well as they could in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 65% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 37 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.
- Berrywood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Freegrounds Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Wellstead Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kings Copse Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint James' Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Boorley Park 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published