North Baddesley Infant School
Primary · Southampton · SO52 9EE
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 8 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
321 pupils · 100% of 320 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 8.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 4.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.3% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.northbaddesley-inf.co.uk
- URN
- 115875
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.94 first-choice applications per place79 places offered · 74 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 7 March 2023: School remains Good
- 4 July 2017: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- North Baddesley Junior School
- St Francis Church of England Primary School
- The Mountbatten School
- Knightwood Primary School
- Halterworth Primary School
- Oakwood Primary School
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School