Stamshaw Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · 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.
Stamshaw Infant Academy is a primary school in Portsmouth for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Portsmouth has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Stamshaw Infant Academy 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 | 0.290 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 1.86 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- In 2026, 19 of the 35 other Portsmouth primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- Reception 2026 drew 77 first-choice applications for 79 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 28.6% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.6% 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
- North End Avenue, Portsmouth, PO2 8NW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Pupils on roll
- 262 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at Stamshaw Infants.”
- “The tangible family ethos means that pupils love coming to school and feel safe.”
- “They appreciate the high levels of care staff provide them.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school has not yet identified precisely what is to be taught.”
- “Pupils are not routinely encouraged to make links with prior learning.”
- “In these subjects, pupils do not always achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 77 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.
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Stamshaw Junior School 0.3 mi Good
- King's Academy College Park (Junior) 0.5 mi Not judged
- King's Academy College Park (Infant) 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Horizons Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) 0.6 mi Good
- The Flying Bull Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published