Horndean Infant School
Merchistoun Road, Waterlooville, PO8 9LS
266 pupils · 99% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 6 July 2022, published 21 September 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 94 | 161 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 89 | 89 | 184 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 93 | 196 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 89 | 98 | 193 | 89 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 80 | 77 | 152 | 80 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 76 | 75 | 161 | 76 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 95 | 193 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 86 | 81 | 185 | 86 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Horndean Church of England Junior School 0.1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Catherington Church of England Infant School 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Woodcroft Primary 1.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Padnell Junior School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Padnell Infant School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Petersgate Infant School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.