Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–7 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
3.685 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2024
Fairisle Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 2–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 entry.
Fairisle Infant and Nursery 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 2024 | 3.685 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 3.685 miles away, the longest of 8 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance, this one included.
- In that Reception 2024 comparison the middle last distance was 1.76 miles, and 2 other Southampton schools offered every applicant a place.
- For Reception 2026 there were 55 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 26.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton is 44.3%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fairisle Road, Lordshill, Southampton, SO16 8BY
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 324 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for at this school.”
- “They build strong relationships with the kind and helpful staff.”
- “Every pupil has a leaf on the ‘be kind to your mind’ tree which encapsulates the inclusive and nurturing ethos of the school.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, where there have been recent curriculum revisions, the school does not yet know the impact of these changes.”
- “This means that sometimes pupils’ gaps in their knowledge and skills are not known.”
- “However, there are too many pupils who have high levels of absence from school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 55 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 Southampton.
- Fairisle Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 0.8 mi Improved significantly
- Newlands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakwood Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirley Warren Primary & Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redbridge Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published