Hiltingbury Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Eastleigh, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.23 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hiltingbury Infant School is a primary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hiltingbury 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 | 2.23 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.23 miles away, the 32nd longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2020, with a sharp swing between 2023 and 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 92 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 88 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 1.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 11.3% 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
- Hiltingbury Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 5NP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 268 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 12 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a truly excellent start to their education in every aspect of school life.”
- “The school focuses on building strong relationships with pupils and their families from the outset.”
- “Staff get to know pupils quickly and show pupils great warmth and care.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 92 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 88 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.
- Hiltingbury Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- Merdon Junior School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Chandler's Ford Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Scantabout Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Fryern Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Knightwood Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fryern Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published