Weston Shore Infant School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–7 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2019
0.453 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2019
2018 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Weston Shore Infant School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2019 entry.
Weston Shore 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 2019 | 0.453 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2019, the last child offered a place lived 0.453 miles away, the shortest of 5 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2019 last distance (middle 1.03 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 23 first-choice applications for 23 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 67.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 38.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton.
- The school had 64 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 12.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton is 20.5.
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
- Foxcott Close, Weston, Southampton, SO19 9JQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 64 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 67.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their friendly school.”
- “They feel happy and well cared for as they appreciate the strong relationships they have with their trusted adults.”
- “Pupils are confident that if they have any worries, they will always be helped.”
To improve
- “However, they do not always use what they learn from these checks to influence their future teaching as precisely as they could.”
- “Consequently, not all pupils benefit from equally rich opportunities to deepen their understanding and make links across their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 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.
- Weston Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woolston Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Monica Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Ludlow Infant Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Valentine Primary School & Nursery 1.3 mi Not judged
- Sholing Infant School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published