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Harnham Infants' School

PrimaryAges 4–7Community

Salisbury, SP2 8JZ · Wiltshire local authority

Salisbury’s School Grade A− better than 77% of towns in England

Getting in
62/62
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
215 pupils
80% of its 270 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Harnham Infants' School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, November 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (62 of 62)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SP2 8) sold for a median £380,000; Salisbury’s is £305,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Harnham Infants' School?

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

62
families put it first for September 2026
66
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. Wiltshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Wiltshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Salisbury, September 2026

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

1.35 per place
74% got their first choice
1.17 per place
80% got their first choice
1.10 per place
88% got their first choice
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
1.03 per place
93% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
Harnham Infants'
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

224 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
14.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
12.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for Harnham Infants' 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.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, November 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Harnham Infants' School

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

Home prices in SP2 8, the school’s postcode sector

Salisbury property prices →
£380,000
median sale, 319 sales in 36 months · Salisbury £305,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025SP2 8Salisbury
SP2 8Salisbury

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£515K
Semi-detached
£360K
Terraced
£331K
Flat
£185K
SP2 8Salisbury

Homes in SP2 8 sell for well over Salisbury’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

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C−BB+A+A+B+D−DHarnham Infants' School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Salisbury, SP2 8JZ

Harnham Infants' School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Harnham Infants' School?

For September 2026, 62 families put Harnham Infants' School first and all of them were offered a place; 66 places were offered in all.

What is Harnham Infants' School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (November 2024).

How much do houses cost near Harnham Infants' School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SP2 8, sold for a median £380,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (319 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; Salisbury’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.