Fairisle Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Southampton · SO16 8BY
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 11 September 2019
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324 pupils · 100% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Foundation school
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 22.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 22.9% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.1% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.fairisle-inf.co.uk
- URN
- 116251
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.98 first-choice applications per place56 places offered · 55 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)
84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% left the state-funded sector
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
- 28 January 2025: S5 Inspection
- 10 September 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 28 January 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Fairisle Junior School
- The Cedar School
- Oasis Academy Lord's Hill
- Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School
- Compass School
- Sinclair Primary and Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
- Nursling Church of England Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools