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Moorings Way Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Moorings Way, Milton, Southsea PO4 8YJ · meonwayfederation.org.uk · 033 3360 2170
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 0.36 mi
- 0.57 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 116
- 86% of 135 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- 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 0.36 mi (573 m) from the school. Source: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 90% 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 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.36 mi0.57 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Moorings Way Infant School on 13 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 13 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jul 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Positive
- 95%
- Replies
- 22
- 17% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (9%) whose child was bullied
based on 4 parents (18%) with SEND