Woolston Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.846 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woolston Infant School is a primary school in Southampton for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2024. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Woolston 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 | 0.846 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 0.846 miles away, the 7th longest of 14 Southampton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2018; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2019 to 2022.
- For Reception 2026 there were 56 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 50 went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 25.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 38.5% 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
- Florence Road, Southampton, SO19 9DB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 160 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 March 2024
Strengths
- “Woolston Infant School is a happy place.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They form positive, warm relationships with each other and adults as they learn and play.”
To improve
- “Last year, pupils’ attendance was a concern for the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 50 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Ludlow Infant Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ludlow Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Weston Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Monica Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weston Shore Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Sholing Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sholing Junior School 1.0 mi Good