Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.28 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Botley Church of England Controlled 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 | 2.28 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
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.28 miles from the school, the 31st longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.41 miles).
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further than in 2025 and 2019, and the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 74 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% 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
- 52 High Street, Botley, Southampton, SO30 2EA
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 357 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are enthusiastic about their learning and their school life.”
- “They are proud to represent the school in different ways.”
- “Older pupils take the role of house captain seriously.”
To improve
- “They are less clear, however, on what they have learned before as it is not always revisited to keep their knowledge fresh in their minds.”
- “Sometimes, in the early years, adults do not help children to develop a strong understanding of key vocabulary.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 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) | 77% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Boorley Park 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Curdridge Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Berrywood Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Copse Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shamblehurst Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wellstead Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published