Colden Common Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Eastleigh, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.36 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colden Common Primary School is a primary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Colden Common 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 | 3.36 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.36 miles from the school, the 21st longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2024 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 57 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Upper Moors Road, Brambridge, Eastleigh, SO50 6HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 403 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “At the start of the day, pupils eagerly make their way across the playground and into class.”
- “Their enthusiasm generates a warm and friendly atmosphere which cascades throughout the school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “In key stage 1, the approach to phonics has some inconsistency.”
- “Not all staff who are teaching pupils to read have had recent phonics training.”
- “They have identified that not all pupils exhibit a depth of respectful understanding about people who are different from themselves.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 73% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 59 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.
- Otterbourne Church of England Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shakespeare Junior School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stoke Park Infant School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stoke Park Junior School 1.9 mi Standards maintained
- Scantabout Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shakespeare Infant School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fryern Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good