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Ludlow Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Ludlow Road, Woolston, Southampton SO19 2EU · ludlowlive.net · 023 8043 3422
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 231
- 86% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 38.5%
- First language not English
- 9.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 57 families put the school first and 61 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 | 61 | 57 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 76 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Ludlow Infant Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
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 Jun 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Jul 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (50 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 50
- 19% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied