Marchwood Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–7 · Southampton, 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 🔒
Marchwood Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 April 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Marchwood 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 | 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2024, the one earlier year with an outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 46 first-choice applications for 50 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.2% 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
- Twiggs Lane, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4ZE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 162 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school and are proud to be part of this caring community.”
- “They understand the school’s values of love, courage and hope and try their best to demonstrate them.”
- “Pupils are polite, kind and considerate.”
To improve
- “However, this is not always the case in subjects such as mathematics.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not present new content clearly enough.”
- “This means that not all pupils learn important concepts as securely or deeply as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 46 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.
- Marchwood Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding
- Eling Infant School and Nursery 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Orchard Infant School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Junior School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hythe Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Foxhills Junior School 2.7 mi Standards maintained
- Foxhills Infant School 2.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Lydlynch Infant School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published