Harnham Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Salisbury, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
79 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Harnham Infants' School is a primary school in Salisbury, Wiltshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Harnham Infants' 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 | 79 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 79 miles, the 7th longest of the 192 Wiltshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 3.68 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 62 first-choice applications for 66 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 13.5% and there are 16.9 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 16.2% and 19.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Wiltshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Saxon Road, Salisbury, SP2 8JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Harnham Infants’ School thoughtfully meets the needs of every pupil.”
- “The school provides care and education tailored to the young children who attend.”
- “All pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and pupils who speak English as an additional language, are very well cared for.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the learning pathway has not been identified.”
- “This makes it more difficult for staff to focus on the most important knowledge to be learned.”
- “This can result in some pupils not progressing as well through the curriculum as others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 62 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 Wiltshire.
- Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Martin's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longford Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bemerton St John Church of England Primary 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury 1.7 mi Standards maintained