Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
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Fairisle Infant and Nursery School is a foundation school in Southampton for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 324 pupils, 54 more than it has places for. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 15 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 26% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Fairisle Road, Lordshill, Southampton, SO16 8BY023 8073 1199fairisle-inf.co.ukMiss Juliette Owens headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 28 January 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Ungraded | School remains Good |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
96 places were empty (27% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Southampton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (38), language and communications needs (17), emotional and mental health (16), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 324 | 327 | 330 | 299 | 326 | 326 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 27% | 28% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 19% | 22% | 27% | 23% | 19% | 17% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 23% | 25% | 24% | 23% | 26% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 7.6% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 3.8% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 2.3% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 25.0% | 24.2% | 21.0% | 23.9% | 7.4% | 12.6% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairisle Junior School | Foundation | 0 m | 375 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 730 m | 334 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | Council | 930 m | 222 | Good 2024 | 77 | Compare |
| Nursling Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 195 | Good 2019 | 36 | Compare |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | Roman Catholic | 0.8 miles | 412 | Not inspected | 67 | Compare |
| Mansel Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools | Council | 0.8 miles | 367 | Not inspected | 72 | Compare |
| Newlands Primary School | Foundation | 0.9 miles | 420 | Good 2024 | 36 | Compare |
| Oakwood Primary School | Foundation | 0.9 miles | 419 | Report card 2026 | 23 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Fairisle Infant and Nursery School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 15 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 15% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 6 to 34. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 20% | above | +0.20 | Ofsted grade, 1.6 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well below | -0.38 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | well below | -0.36 | 2024/25; 184 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Fairisle Infant and Nursery School a good school?
The figures are weak. Fairisle Infant and Nursery School scores 15 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 26% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 6 to 34, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.
What is Fairisle Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Fairisle Infant and Nursery School not judged at its last full inspection on 28 January 2025.
How many pupils does Fairisle Infant and Nursery School have?
324 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 120% full.
Is Fairisle Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 96 places were empty in 2024/25 (27% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Fairisle Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 92.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 25% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Fairisle Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 28.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Fairisle Road, Lordshill, Southampton, SO16 8BY
- Telephone
- 023 8073 1199
- Website
- www.fairisle-inf.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Juliette Owens
- Type of school
- Foundation school (Foundation school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Bridge Education Trust (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward
- Coxford
- Constituency
- Southampton Test
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 116251 · LAESTAB 8522754 · UKPRN 10074111
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.