Wellstead Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.39 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wellstead Primary School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 June 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Wellstead 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 | 1.39 mi |
| 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
- In 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 1.39 miles from the school, the 43rd shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance, after swinging sharply between some years.
- For 2026 Reception, there were 58 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- Wellstead Way, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 2LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 June 2025
Strengths
- “Wellstead is a happy school that welcomes everyone warmly.”
- “Pupils build strong relationships with their peers and staff.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe and secure.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects pupils do not develop a clear understanding of key concepts.”
- “In these subjects, the school has not identified important subject vocabulary, and pupils do not make secure enough links with what they have previously learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2025 (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) | 71% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 54 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.
- Berrywood Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shamblehurst Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saint James' Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Infant School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Freegrounds Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Boorley Park 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Copse Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published