Woolston Infant School
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Woolston Infant School is a converter academy in Southampton for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 160 pupils and room for 189. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 67 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 68% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Florence Road, Southampton, SO19 9DB023 8044 4447woolstoninfantschool.co.ukMr Simon Arthur headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 7 March 2024 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. 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: language and communications needs (16), Autistic spectrum disorder (8), Physical disability (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 160 | 172 | 171 | 171 | 172 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 26% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 23% | 24% | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 13% | 16% | 13% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 4% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.2% 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 | 4.8% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 1.6% | 2.1% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.9% | 13.0% | 20.7% | 12.1% | 4.9% | 6.3% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Woolston Infant School, the school this one replaced in April 2021. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 310 m | 428 | Not inspected | 91 | Compare |
| Ludlow Infant Academy | Academy | 630 m | 231 | Good 2024 | 40 | Compare |
| Ludlow Junior School | Academy | 730 m | 579 | No overall grade 2025 | 42 | Compare |
| Weston Park Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 497 | Good 2021 | 22 | Compare |
| St Monica Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 331 | No overall grade 2025 | 64 | Compare |
| Weston Shore Infant School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 64 | Good 2023 | 11 | Compare |
| Sholing Infant School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 264 | No overall grade 2025 | 99 | Compare |
| Sholing Junior School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 353 | Good 2022 | 13 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Woolston Infant School with the 47 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 47 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 67 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 67% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 39 to 86. 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% | in line | +0.03 | Ofsted grade, 2.5 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | above | +0.15 | results and attendance rising year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | +0.03 | 2024/25; 124 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 Woolston Infant School a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Woolston Infant School scores 67 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 68% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 39 to 86, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Woolston Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Woolston Infant School good at its last full inspection on 7 March 2024.
How many pupils does Woolston Infant School have?
160 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 189 places, so it is 85% full.
Is Woolston Infant School oversubscribed?
Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.
What is attendance like at Woolston Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.2% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Woolston Infant School?
The average class had 26.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Woolston Infant School have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Florence Road, Southampton, SO19 9DB
- Telephone
- 023 8044 4447
- Website
- www.woolstoninfantschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Arthur
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Hamwic Education Trust (37 schools)
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Ward
- Woolston
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 April 2021 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148113 · LAESTAB 8522432 · UKPRN 10086818
- Formerly
- Woolston Infant School
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, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.