Marchwood Church of England Infant School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Southampton, Hampshire·SO40 4ZE

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Marchwood Church of England Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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

100%

46 first choices, 50 places

First choices per place

0.92

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 50 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9620230.9520240.9520250.922026

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

Every child who put Marchwood Church of England Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 169
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

10.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,061

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Marchwood Junior School Southampton · 0.5 mi 60.7 Orchard Junior School Southampton · 2.5 mi 49.8 Hythe Primary School Southampton · 2.6 mi 59.0 Foxhills Junior School Southampton · 2.8 mi 52.4 Waterside Primary School Southampton · 3.0 mi 37.1 Abbotswood Junior School Southampton · 3.0 mi 49.5 Wildground Junior School Southampton · 3.1 mi 60.4 Oakfield Academy Southampton · 3.5 mi 62.5

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

School overview

Marchwood Church of England Infant School is a primary school serving Southampton, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 169 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Marchwood Church of England Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 50 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Marchwood Church of England Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.