Meon Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southsea, Portsmouth
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Portsmouth City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Meon Infant School is a primary school in Southsea, Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Meon 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.511 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.459 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.403 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.269 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.826 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; places ran out in 5 of the 8 earlier years, and the biggest swing between years was from 2018 to 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 39 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 8 July 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, from 22 November 2022, was Requires improvement.
- There are 14.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 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
- Shelford Road, Milton, Southsea, PO4 8NT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 133 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy coming into school.”
- “Teachers greet pupils warmly as they walk into class.”
- “Staff support pupils to stay focused on their work and encourage them to ask for help if they feel unsure or worried about something.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, these are not as effective and pupils do not achieve as well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 35 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 Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Milton Park Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorings Way Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cumberland Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Fernhurst Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Devonshire Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Langstone Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published