Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–7 · Gosport, 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 🔒
Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School is a primary school in Gosport, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Leesland Church of England Controlled 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 applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, but places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2023 and 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 55 first-choice applications for 55 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number is 60 places.
- 31.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- The school has 20.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.7 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
- Whitworth Road, Gosport, PO12 3NL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this school where they are cared for well by staff.”
- “They thrive in this friendly community where anyone can make friends.”
- “They demonstrate these by being polite and considerate around school.”
To improve
- “However, in some cases, this does not provide the teacher with a clear enough picture of how well pupils understand.”
- “Currently, too many disadvantaged pupils are regularly absent.”
- “As a result, they do not benefit fully from the school’s high expectations and carefully planned curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 55 first-preference applications, 55 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 Hampshire.
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.0 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Haselworth Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement
- King's Academy Gomer 0.7 mi Not judged
- Brockhurst Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published