Catherington Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Waterlooville, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.19 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Catherington Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Waterlooville, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 May 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Catherington Church of England 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 | 1.19 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 1.19 miles from the school, the 34th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2020, having swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- 6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
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
- 316 Catherington Lane, Catherington, Waterlooville, PO8 0TD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 88 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s ethos of ‘Respect the past, love our world and face the future with courage’ is understood deeply by staff and pupils.”
- “Pupils make an exceptional start to their school lives in Reception, developing caring relationships for each other and for their environment.”
- “Children in the early years develop knowledge and skills exceptionally effectively.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are not learning as much as they could because activities that teachers use do not always promote deeper understanding.”
- “Pupils’ work is not of a consistently high standard, and staff do not check pupils’ learning as effectively as in other areas of the curriculum.”
- “This means some pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Horndean Church of England Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Horndean Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Petersgate Infant School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodcroft Primary 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Clanfield Junior School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Padnell Junior School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Padnell Infant School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hart Plain Infant School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published