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Harnham Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Saxon Road, Salisbury SP2 8JZ · harnhaminfants.org.uk · 01722 327338
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 215
- 80% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- First language not English
- 14.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 66 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 | 66 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 67 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 69 | 66 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 74 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Harnham Infants' School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 44
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 48% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied