Southsea Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Southsea, Portsmouth
Southsea Infant School is a primary school in Southsea, Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (community school). Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Collingwood Road, Southsea Infant School, Southsea, PO5 2SR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 167 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 23 June 2026
Strengths
- “Southsea Infant School is a welcoming and friendly community.”
- “Pupils take pride in enacting the school values to 'be ready, respectful and safe'.”
- “They have positive relationships with the school staff, rooted in kindness and care.”
To improve
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “As a result, some pupils are not prepared for their next stage of education.”
- “Leaders' work to strengthen the quality and consistency of teaching is ongoing.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 22 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 2018 to 2026, as Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth.
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Craneswater Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Devonshire Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Ark Ayrton Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Cumberland Infant School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published