Bishops Waltham Infant School

Community school·Infant school Southampton, Hampshire·SO32 1EP

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Bishops Waltham Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

98%

59 first choices, 58 places

First choices per place

1.02

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

106

any preference, for 58 places

Last place offered lived

1.30 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 2092 m

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0520221.0820231.0220241.1220251.022026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 200
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

12.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,012

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Bishop's Waltham Junior School Southampton · 0.0 mi 60.9 Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School Southampton · 1.2 mi 45.2 St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School Southampton · 1.9 mi 41.4 Upham Church of England Aided Primary School Southampton · 2.4 mi 45.2 Droxford Junior School Southampton · 2.9 mi 64.0 Curdridge Primary School Southampton · 3.0 mi 32.5 Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School Southampton · 3.2 mi 62.5 Wickham Church of England Primary School Fareham · 3.7 mi 32.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Bishops Waltham Infant School at a glance

Located in Southampton, Hampshire, Bishops Waltham Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 200 pupils aged 5 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection.

Bishops Waltham Infant School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 59 first choices for 58 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.30 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.