St Francis Church of England Primary School
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 Francis Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Francis Church of England 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 | 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 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 39 first-choice applications for 39 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meals eligibility is 4.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 14.3% 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
- Pilgrims Close, Valley Park, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 4ST
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 361 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the school’s values in this kind and nurturing school.”
- “Pupils behave exceptionally well both in lessons and around the school.”
- “Staff make sure that all pupils, beginning with children in the Reception Year, receive a warm welcome each day.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, staff do not always check pupils’ understanding of previously taught knowledge carefully enough.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not achieve as well in these subjects as in others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 80% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 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.
- Knightwood Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chandler's Ford Infant School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fryern Infant School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fryern Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Nightingale Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Merdon Junior School 1.4 mi Not judged
- North Baddesley Infant School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published