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Southwood Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 119Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116246URN

Southwood Lane, Southwood, Farnborough, GU14 0NE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
1.0 above Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

97 applications for 32 places · 20th of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 19 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 19 April 2023
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 26 November 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Reception
1.0 above Hampshire median (2.0) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

97 applications · 32 places offered · 28 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 3.1; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.1
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202632973.0280.88
Sep 2025441022.3290.66
Sep 2024401253.1320.80
Sep 2023451032.3390.87
Sep 202231882.8260.84
Sep 202135772.2330.94
Sep 202045992.2370.82
Sep 201945982.2410.91
Sep 201841922.2330.80
Sep 201743862.0240.56
Sep 201632672.1210.66
Sep 201537822.2340.92
Sep 2014601131.9480.80

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
116246 · 850/2742
Capacity
135 pupils · 119 on roll
Free school meals
5.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Southwood Lane, Southwood, Farnborough, GU14 0NE
Local authority
Hampshire · Rushmoor

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources