Sholing Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.903 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 17 April 2023
2017–2022 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sholing Infant School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2023 entry.
Sholing 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 2023 | 0.903 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 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
- The Reception 2023 last distance offered was 0.903 miles, the longest of 4 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2023 last distance (middle figure 0.75 miles).
- That 2023 Reception distance was about the same as in 2022 and nearer the school than in 2017; the sharpest swing came between 2018 and 2019.
- Reception entry in 2026 saw 78 first-choice applications for 85 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 19.3% of pupils, against a middle figure of 33.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton.
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
- Heath Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 2QF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 264 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely happy to attend Sholing Infant School.”
- “They are proud to be part of the school community.”
- “Pupils love taking on extra responsibilities and take these very seriously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 78 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.
- Sholing Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- St Monica Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ludlow Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Ludlow Infant Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Glenfield Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published