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Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Foundation school
Fairisle Road, Lordshill, Southampton SO16 8BY · fairisle-inf.co.uk · 023 8073 1199
On the mapSearch near SO16 8BY
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 324
- 54 over 270 places · 120%
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.9%
- First language not English
- 18.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 72 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 86 | 77 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 65 | 60 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 76 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Fairisle Infant and Nursery School on 28 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2007Good
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 (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
Also near this school
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
- Fairisle Junior School
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
- Nursling Church of England Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools