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Freegrounds Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
Hobb Lane, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 0GG · freegrounds-inf.hants.sch.uk · 01489 782075
On the mapSearch near SO30 0GG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Last distance offered
- 1.39 mi
- 2.24 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 225
- 83% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- First language not English
- 8.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.39 mi (2.24 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 77 | 62 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 63 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 83 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.39 mi2.24 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 1 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Freegrounds Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 60
- 27% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied