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Shakespeare Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Shakespeare Road, Eastleigh SO50 4FZ · shakespeareinfantschool.co.uk · 023 8057 3888
On the mapSearch near SO50 4FZ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 215
- 80% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 13.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 58 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 58 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 77 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 73 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 84 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Shakespeare Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Apr 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 57
- 23% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied