Graded inspection · Mar 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry141 applications · 88 places offered · 88 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
- 2025 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2024 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2023 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2022 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Hampshire median
Dashed bars: as Orchard Infant School (URN 115977), 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 | 88 | 141 | 1.6 | 88 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 * | 90 | 131 | 1.5 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 * | 87 | 131 | 1.5 | 85 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 89 | 138 | 1.6 | 97 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 * | 80 | 124 | 1.6 | 80 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 90 | 164 | 1.8 | 104 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2020 * | 68 | 130 | 1.9 | 68 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 90 | 149 | 1.7 | 86 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 * | 81 | 149 | 1.8 | 80 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 195 | 2.2 | 126 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2016 * | 90 | 177 | 2.0 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 149 | 1.7 | 101 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 155 | 1.7 | 100 | 1.11 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Orchard Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20221.6applications per place
- 0.0 km · Hampshire202664%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · HampshireRemains Good · improving20231.7applications per place
- 0.9 km · HampshireImproved significantly202575%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · HampshireGood20222.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · HampshireGraded · no overall grade20241.8applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · HampshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 4.1 km · HampshireRemains Good20231.2applications per place
- 4.1 km · HampshireGood20231.6applications per place 73%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
- 152144 · 850/2230
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 270 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2025
- Replaced
- Orchard Infant School (URN 115977)
- Address
- Water Lane, Dibden Purlieu, Southampton, SO45 4SB
- Local authority
- Hampshire · New Forest
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources