St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Eastleigh, 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 🔒
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford is a primary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford 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
- For Reception in 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 result was the 3rd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- Hillcrest Avenue, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 2JP
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 186 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Parents are spot on when they say: ‘Great environment, fantastic staff and great values taught to the pupils.”
- “The simple but powerful core values of ‘ready, respect and kind’ permeate school life.”
- “Expectations of pupils are high, recognising and celebrating attitudes and actions that go ‘over and above’ the minimum.”
To improve
- “In other subjects, the progression of knowledge and skills is set out, but leaders are working through a rolling programme of reviewing and refining the content.”
- “They want to ensure that the journey from early years into Year 1 and beyond is consistently clear.”
- “The school has not, however, made as much headway as it wanted due to staff changes.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 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) | 55% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Fryern Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Fryern Infant School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chandler's Ford Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Merdon Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Scantabout Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Shakespeare Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Shakespeare Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Crescent Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published