Sholing Infant School
Heath Road, Sholing, Southampton, SO19 2QF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Lisa Houghton
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 264
- URN
- 145457
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380447447
About this school
Sholing Infant School is a primary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 264 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Sholing Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Sholing 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 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 270 |
| 2023/24 | 267 |
| 2024/25 | 268 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sholing Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 17.2% | 264 | — |
| Sholing Junior School | 53% | 6.9% | 28% | 353 | 0.1 miles |
| St Monica Primary School | 47% | 4.9% | 35.8% | 331 | 0.5 miles |
| Bitterne Church of England Primary School | 47% | 4.9% | 24.6% | 395 | 0.6 miles |
| Ludlow Junior School | 66% | 5.7% | 37.2% | 579 | 0.6 miles |
| Ludlow Infant Academy | — | 5.1% | 33.3% | 231 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.16%
- English as an additional language
- 12.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.74%
- Persistent absence
- 8.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sholing Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
St Monica Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Bitterne Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Ludlow Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Ludlow Infant Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
- Abbotswood Junior School Primary
- Banister Primary School Primary
- Bartley Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bassett Green Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Junior School Primary
- Berrywood Primary School Primary
- Bevois Town Primary School Primary
- Bishop's Waltham Junior School Primary
- Bishops Waltham Infant School Primary
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Sholing Infant School teach?
- Sholing Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the head teacher of Sholing Infant School?
- The head teacher of Sholing Infant School is Mrs Lisa Houghton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sholing Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sholing 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 many pupils are at Sholing Infant School?
- Sholing Infant School has 264 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Sholing Infant School full?
- Sholing Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 264 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sholing Infant School a faith school?
- No. Sholing Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sholing Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Sholing Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Sholing Infant School part of an academy trust?
- Sholing Infant School is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Sholing Infant School's absence rate?
- Sholing Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Sholing 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 Sholing 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 2 July 2026.