Glenfield Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.737 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Glenfield Infant School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
Glenfield 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 | 0.737 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.737 miles away, the 7th shortest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 63 first-choice applications for 58 offers, which is 1.1 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 44 Southampton primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rossington Way, Bitterne, Southampton, SO18 4RN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 226 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this inclusive school.”
- “This is reflected in their improving attendance.”
- “Pupils who struggle to attend are supported through strong family partnerships.”
To improve
- “However, the curriculum has varied impact in developing pupils' reading and writing skills and knowledge.”
- “That said, teachers do not always adapt learning so that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities access it confidently alongside their peers.”
- “Pupils do not consistently achieve well enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 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 Southampton.
- Beechwood Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Harefield Primary School 0.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Moorlands Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged
- Sholing Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Sholing Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Townhill Infant School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade