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Townhill Infant School

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Southampton, SO18 2FG · Southampton local authority

Southampton’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

Getting in
25/25
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
143 pupils
53% of its 270 places
Free school meals
42%
42 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Townhill Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 143 pupils for 270 places
  • 42% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (25 of 25)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SO18 2) sold for a median £270,000; Southampton’s is £260,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Townhill Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

25
families put it first for September 2026
25
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Hamwic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Southampton council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Southampton, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.45 per place
68% got their first choice
1.35 per place
72% got their first choice
1.25 per place
80% got their first choice
1.25 per place
80% got their first choice
1.24 per place
74% got their first choice
1.09 per place
89% got their first choice
1.07 per place
87% got their first choice
1.03 per place
93% got their first choice
Townhill Infant
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

160 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
16.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
17.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 47%Boys 53%
Its letter

No letter for Townhill Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, April 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Townhill Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SO18 2, the school’s postcode sector

Southampton property prices →
£270,000
median sale, 270 sales in 36 months · Southampton £260,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025SO18 2Southampton
SO18 2Southampton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£300K
Semi-detached
£288K
Terraced
£260K
Flat
£170K
SO18 2Southampton

Homes in SO18 2 sell for a little over Southampton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

17 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCA−CB−B−C−C−B−DC−D−AAC−CD−Townhill Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Southampton, SO18 2FG

Townhill Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Townhill Infant School?

For September 2026, 25 families put Townhill Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 25 places were offered in all.

What is Townhill Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Townhill Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SO18 2, sold for a median £270,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (270 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Southampton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.