Southsea Infant School
Collingwood Road, Southsea, PO5 2SR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Holmes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 116200
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02392828176
About this school
Southsea Infant School is a community primary school in Southsea. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 167 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Southsea Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 181 |
| 2023/24 | 176 |
| 2024/25 | 171 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southsea Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.7% | 16.4% | 167 | — |
| St Swithun's Catholic Primary School | 69% | 4.5% | 16.2% | 351 | 0.2 miles |
| Craneswater Junior School | 53% | 3.9% | 26.7% | 508 | 0.3 miles |
| Bramble Infant School and Nursery | — | 4.9% | 16.1% | 162 | 0.4 miles |
| Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery | 53% | 5.5% | 46% | 462 | 0.5 miles |
| Devonshire Infant School | — | 5.5% | 30.9% | 171 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.37%
- English as an additional language
- 22.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.68%
- Persistent absence
- 13.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Swithun's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Southsea
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Craneswater Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Southsea
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Bramble Infant School and Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · Southsea
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Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Southsea
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Devonshire Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Southsea
Other schools in Southsea
- Bramble Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Craneswater Junior School Primary
- Cumberland Infant School Primary
- Devonshire Infant School Primary
- Fernhurst Junior School Primary
- Meon Infant School Primary
- Moorings Way Infant School Primary
- St Swithun's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ark Charter Academy Secondary
- Priory School Secondary
- Mayville High School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Southsea Infant School teach?
- Southsea Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Southsea.
- Who is the headteacher of Southsea Infant School?
- The headteacher of Southsea Infant School is Mrs Rebecca Holmes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southsea Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southsea Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Southsea Infant School?
- Southsea Infant School has 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Southsea Infant School full?
- Southsea Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 167 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southsea Infant School a faith school?
- No. Southsea Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Southsea Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Southsea Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Southsea Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Southsea Infant School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Southsea Infant School's absence rate?
- Southsea Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Southsea Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Southsea Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.