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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 14 May 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 3 November 2010Graded inspection: Good · as Solent Infant School, URN 116199
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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 entry205 applications · 90 places offered · 102 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2025 2.2; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2024 2.0; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2021 1.9; Portsmouth median median 1.8
- 2020 2.4; Portsmouth median median 2.2
- 2019 2.7; Portsmouth median median 2.3
- 2018 2.8; Portsmouth median median 2.5
- 2017 2.5; Portsmouth median median 2.4
- 2016 2.7; Portsmouth median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Portsmouth median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Portsmouth median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Portsmouth median
Dashed bars: as Solent Infant School (URN 116199), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 90 | 205 | 2.3 | 102 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 | 192 | 2.2 | 98 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 90 | 181 | 2.0 | 103 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 | 152 | 1.7 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 89 | 180 | 2.0 | 98 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 84 | 162 | 1.9 | 79 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 215 | 2.4 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 246 | 2.7 | 117 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2018 | 89 | 246 | 2.8 | 103 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 225 | 2.5 | 100 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 243 | 2.7 | 112 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 242 | 2.7 | 136 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 198 | 2.2 | 118 | 1.31 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Solent Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.3applications per place
- 0.2 km · PortsmouthStandards maintained202558%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · HampshireGood20221.9applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · PortsmouthRemains Good20242.1applications per place
- 1.5 km · PortsmouthRemains Good202457%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Portsmouth20251.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · HampshireImproved significantly20251.9applications per place
- 2.2 km · Hampshire202666%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · PortsmouthGood20241.9applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144189 · 851/2679
- Trust
- The de Curci Trust
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 269 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Solent Infant School (URN 116199)
- Address
- Evelegh Road, Farlington, Portsmouth, PO6 1DH
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources