Townhill Infant School, Southampton

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades Townhill Infant School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Staff provide high-quality, purposeful interactions throughout the day."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders know the school extremely well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides an extensive and carefully designed personal development programme that runs through the taught curriculum and pupils' wider experiences."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils make good progress through the curriculum across year groups and key stages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have a secure and accurate understanding of attendance across the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "A highly positive culture of care underpins the school's approach to inclusion."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all staff continue to embed the changes made to the school's wider curriculum and teaching, so that pupils' knowledge builds quickly and deepens from their starting points"; "Leaders should ensure that their work to improve overall attendance is sustained over time and results in pupils' attendance being consistently at least in line with national averages".

In its own words: "We provide a safe, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for all pupils. Through this we will be supporting and challenging them to achieve their full potential through equal access to an appropriate, exciting, and interesting curriculum which is adapted to meet every child's need. This will equip them with the enthusiasm, skills, and knowledge to be lifelong learners."

From the headteacher's welcome: "My name is Beverly Corbin and I am the headteacher of our fantastic school. Our school is a happy, fun place to be where children enjoy coming to learn. The ethos of our school is to inspire success in all our pupils, to develop their personal skills and give them a curriculum which is stimulating and engaging."

The school runs after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Townhill Infant School as their first choice and 47 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Townhill Infant School are Townhill Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 60% reading, 59% maths); Moorlands Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 60% reading, 47% maths); Harefield Primary School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 72% reading, 72% maths); and Mansbridge Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 77% reading, 68% maths).

Townhill Infant School is one of 37 schools run by Hamwic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

37.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 25 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 11 (7.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Swaythling Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Benhams Road (adjacent), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 222 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Southampton (352).

In 2024/25, Townhill Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Townhill Infant School are Bitterne Park School (0.6 miles), Woodlands Community College (1.1 miles) and Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (1.6 miles).