Moorings Way Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southsea, Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.356 miles
Published by Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Moorings Way Infant School is a primary school in Southsea, Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Moorings Way 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 | 0.356 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 1.016 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 0.834 mi |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.356 miles away, the 6th shortest of 16 Portsmouth primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.57 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2019, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- 17.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Portsmouth.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Portsmouth schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Moorings Way, Milton, Southsea, PO4 8YJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 116 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They feel safe and happy and arrive every day excited for their learning and to see the caring staff.”
- “Pupils and their families are welcomed with warmth and kindness.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not apply this understanding of grammar and punctuation in their written work.”
- “Leaders recognise that pupils' writing could be further strengthened across the school.”
- “However, there is some variability in the expectations for pupils' use of punctuation and grammar in their written work.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Portsmouth.
- Meon Infant School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meon Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Langstone Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Milton Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Westover Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cumberland Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good