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Calmore Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Calmore Drive, Calmore, Southampton SO40 2ZZ · calmore-inf.hants.sch.uk · 023 8086 5994
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2023
- Last distance offered
- 0.84 mi
- 1.35 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 174
- 97% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23%
- First language not English
- 9.8%
- 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 0.84 mi (1.35 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 92% 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 | 57 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 54 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.84 mi1.35 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 October 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Calmore Infant School was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 17 Oct 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 62
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 52% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied