Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.28 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Durley 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 Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Durley 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 | 1.28 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.28 miles away, 36th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and in 2019, and the figure has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2019 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 16 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 14% 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
- Durley Brook Road, Durley, Southampton, SO32 2AR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is an aspirational, caring and successful small school that thinks big.”
- “Pupils flourish academically and emotionally.”
- “Parents and carers say that the school ‘feels like an extended family’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2024 (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) | 71% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 16 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.
- Fair Oak Infant School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Boorley Park 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Fair Oak Junior School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- Wellstead Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Berrywood Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Curdridge Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shamblehurst Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published