Orchard Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Orchard Infant School is a primary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Orchard 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 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 88 first-choice applications for 88 offers, with 86 offers going to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (2%) not offered a place.
- 10.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- It has 23.3 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 19.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 270 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 88 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 86 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 Hampshire.
- Orchard Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wildground Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Wildground Junior School 0.6 mi Improved significantly
- Hythe Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Waterside Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Manor Church of England Infant School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Marchwood Church of England Infant School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cadland Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published