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Weston Shore Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Sponsored academy
Foxcott Close, Weston, Southampton SO19 9JQ · westonshore.co.uk · 023 8039 0399
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 64
- 71% of 90 places
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Free school meals
- 67.2%
- First language not English
- 18.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Weston Shore Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 3 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 3 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 116133), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116133)
Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 116133)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 23
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 52% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied