Calmore Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.84 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Calmore Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 18 October 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Calmore 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 | 0.84 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 for 2026 lived 0.84 miles away, the 19th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 62 first-choice applications for 57 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families 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
- Calmore Drive, Calmore, Southampton, SO40 2ZZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 18 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils flourish.”
- “They excel academically because the curriculum is so well considered.”
- “It gives them the knowledge they need to succeed, as well as wider experiences to build their aspirations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 57 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.
- Calmore Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oakfield Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hazel Wood Infant School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Abbotswood Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Lydlynch Infant School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Eling Infant School and Nursery 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Foxhills Infant School 1.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published