Orchard Lea Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Fareham, 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 🔒
Orchard Lea Infant School is a primary school in Fareham, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Orchard Lea 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 | 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2019 and 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Its inspection on 28 April 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 7 June 2023, was Requires improvement.
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
- Kennedy Avenue, Fareham, PO15 6BJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 118 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “They feel respected and valued.”
- “The school’s vision of ‘every child, every day’ shapes pupils' daily life and learning.”
To improve
- “Although the school’s most recent phonics screening outcomes were below the national average, leaders have taken decisive action to address this.”
- “On occasion, some staff are unclear on how best to take the school’s step-by-step approach to support the needs of pupils with SEND.”
- “While pupils benefit from the school's wide-ranging programme, some of their knowledge over time is not as deep as leaders intend.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Orchard Lea Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- St Columba CE Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Jude's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wallisdean Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wallisdean Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Harrison Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ranvilles Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published