The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

Moorings Way Infant School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Moorings Way
 Milton
 Southsea
 Hampshire PO4 8YJ
Telephone: 0333 360 2170

School Type

Phase: Primary (ages 4-7)
Type: Converter Academy
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2017
History: This school arose from Moorings Way Infant School
Trust: The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Sponsor: The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Sara Paine (since September 2022)
Previous Headteacher: Sonia Nickerson
Numbers of Teachers / Assistants*: 7.7 / 9.72
Non-teaching Staff*: 9.72
Number of pupils: 116
Pupils Per Teacher: 15.1
Sex: Mixed (65% boys / 35% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 17.20% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 31.0%
Local child deprivation rate: 16.2% (2km radius)
Proportion of ethnic minority pupils: 18.3%
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 33.0%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 1.8km
* Full-time equivalents (FTEs)
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Region: South East
Authority: Portsmouth
Constituency: Portsmouth North
Electoral Ward: Baffins
School Number: 8512709

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: 13th January 2026 (view record)
Ofsted Rating: Good

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
The Schools Guide: School indicators | Staff indicators
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Meon Junior School (0.7km) show on map
  2. Meon Infant School (0.7km) show on map
  3. Langstone Primary Academy (0.8km) show on map
  4. Miltoncross Academy (0.8km) show on map
  5. Mary Rose Academy (1.0km) show on map
  6. Milton Park Primary School (1.1km) show on map
  7. Westover Primary School (1.2km) show on map
  8. Wimborne Primary School (1.3km) show on map
  9. Cumberland Infant School (1.7km) show on map
  10. Penbridge Junior School (1.7km) show on map
  11. Devonshire Infant School (1.8km) show on map
  12. Fernhurst Junior School (1.8km) show on map
  13. Penbridge Infant School & Nursery (1.8km) show on map
  14. The Portsmouth Academy (1.8km) show on map
  15. Admiral Lord Nelson School (2.0km) show on map
  16. Copnor Primary School (2.0km) show on map
  17. Manor Infant and Nursery School (2.0km) show on map
  18. Priory School (2.1km) show on map
  19. Bramble Infant School and Nursery (2.1km) show on map
  20. Madani Academy (2.1km) show on map
  21. New Horizons Primary School (2.2km) show on map
  22. Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery (2.4km) show on map
  23. St John's Cathedral Catholic Primary School (2.4km) show on map
  24. Craneswater Junior School (2.4km) show on map
  25. Ark Ayrton Primary Academy (2.5km) show on map
  26. Ark Dickens Primary Academy (2.5km) show on map
  27. King's Academy College Park (Junior) (2.5km) show on map
  28. King's Academy College Park (Infant) (2.5km) show on map
  29. St Edmund's Catholic School (2.6km) show on map
  30. Mayfield School (2.6km) show on map
  31. Southsea Infant School (2.7km) show on map
  32. Ark Charter Academy (2.7km) show on map
  33. The Flying Bull Academy (2.7km) show on map
  34. Cliffdale Primary Academy (2.9km) show on map
  35. Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (2.9km) show on map
  36. Cottage Grove Primary School and Nursery (2.9km) show on map
  37. St Swithun's Catholic Primary School (3.0km) show on map
  38. Mayville High School (3.0km) show on map
  39. Stamshaw Infant Academy (3.2km) show on map
  40. Gatcombe Park Primary School (3.4km) show on map
  41. King's Academy Northern Parade (Infant) (3.4km) show on map
  42. Portsmouth High School GDST (3.5km) show on map
  43. King's Academy Northern Parade (Junior) (3.5km) show on map
  44. Stamshaw Junior School (3.6km) show on map
  45. Trafalgar School (3.7km) show on map
  46. The Portsmouth Grammar School (3.7km) show on map
  47. UTC Portsmouth (3.8km) show on map
  48. The Harbour School (3.8km) show on map
  49. St George's Beneficial Church of England (Vol... (3.9km) show on map
  50. St Jude's CofE Primary School (3.9km) show on map
  51. Redwood Park Academy (4.1km) show on map
  52. Highbury Primary School (4.2km) show on map
  53. City of Portsmouth College (4.2km) show on map
  54. Springfield School (4.7km) show on map
  55. Court Lane Infant Academy (4.9km) show on map
  56. Court Lane Junior Academy (4.9km) show on map
  57. Mengham Infant School (5.0km) show on map
  58. The Hayling College (5.2km) show on map
  59. Mengham Junior School (5.2km) show on map
  60. Solent Junior School (5.3km) show on map
  61. Medina Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  62. Solent Infant School (5.4km) show on map
  63. Portsdown Primary School (5.4km) show on map
  64. Mill Rythe Junior School (5.4km) show on map
  65. Mill Rythe Infant School (5.4km) show on map
  66. The Wymering School (6.0km) show on map
  67. Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlle... (6.1km) show on map
  68. Beacon View Primary Academy (6.1km) show on map
  69. St Vincent College (6.2km) show on map
  70. Oarsome Chance (6.2km) show on map
  71. Haselworth Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  72. St Paul's Catholic Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  73. St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntar... (6.4km) show on map
  74. Morelands Primary School (6.5km) show on map
  75. Releasing Potential School (6.6km) show on map
  76. Purbrook Park School (6.7km) show on map
  77. Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant ... (6.7km) show on map
  78. Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior ... (6.8km) show on map
  79. The Victory Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  80. Castle View Academy (6.9km) show on map
  81. Castle Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  82. Brockhurst Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  83. St Mary's Catholic Primary School (7.0km) show on map
  84. Elson Junior School (7.0km) show on map
  85. Havant and South Downs College (7.0km) show on map
  86. Riverside Community Special School (7.1km) show on map
  87. Bidbury Junior School (7.1km) show on map
  88. Bidbury Infant School (7.1km) show on map
  89. Elson Infant School (7.1km) show on map
  90. Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School (7.2km) show on map
  91. Portchester Community School (7.2km) show on map
  92. Bosmere Junior School (7.2km) show on map
  93. St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant (7.4km) show on map
  94. Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School (7.4km) show on map
  95. Crookhorn College (7.4km) show on map
  96. Purbrook Infant School (7.6km) show on map
  97. Purbrook Junior School (7.6km) show on map
  98. Fairfield Infant School (7.6km) show on map
  99. Barncroft Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  100. King's Academy Brune Park (7.7km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Northfield Infant School, Driffield
  2. St Mildred's Primary Infant School, Broadstairs
  3. Mundesley Infant School, Norwich
  4. South End Infant School, Rushden
  5. Brackenwood Infant School, Wirral
  6. Eastwick Infant School, Leatherhead
  7. Leyland Methodist Infant School
  8. Broomgrove Infant School, Colchester
  9. Brockwell Nursery and Infant School, Chesterfield
  10. Trent Vale Infant School, Nottingham
  11. Wyndham Park Infants' School, Salisbury
  12. Hyde Heath Infant School, Amersham
  13. Southbourne Infant School, Emsworth
  14. Dovers Green School, Reigate
  15. Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy
  16. Denmead Infant School, Waterlooville
  17. Driffield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School
  18. Liss Infant School
  19. Ravensmere Infant School, Beccles
  20. Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School, Chesterfield
  21. Yaxley Infant School, Peterborough
  22. Mill Rythe Infant School, Hayling Island
  23. Wrestlingworth CofE Infant School, Sandy
  24. Kempshott Infant School, Basingstoke
  25. Windlesham Village Infant School
  26. St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School, Ashtead
  27. Gomer Infant School, Gosport
  28. Ewhurst CofE Aided Infant School
  29. Padnell Infant School, Waterlooville
  30. Nettleworth Infant and Nursery School, Mansfield
  31. Robert Miles Infant School, Nottingham
  32. Marlpool Infant School, Heanor
  33. Central Street Infant and Nursery School, Hebden Bridge
  34. Drayton Parslow Village School, Milton Keynes
  35. The Lincoln Manor Leas Infants School
  36. Upton Infant School, Poole
  37. Shottermill Infant School, Haslemere
  38. Kirk Sandall Infant School, Doncaster
  39. Westwood Farm Infant School, Reading
  40. Bidbury Infant School, Havant
  41. Westfields Infant School, Yateley
  42. Dunster First School, Minehead
  43. Moss Lane School, Godalming
  44. Courthill Infant School, Poole
  45. Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School, Reading
  46. Pashley Down Infant School, Eastbourne
  47. Galley Common Infant School, Nuneaton
  48. Cumberland Infant School, Southsea
  49. Yeadon Westfield Infant School, Leeds
  50. Springhead Infant and Nursery School, Oldham
  51. Heathfields Infant Academy, Tamworth
  52. Sawtry Infants' School, Huntingdon
  53. Carr Infant School, York
  54. Stoke Park Infant School, Eastleigh
  55. St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School, Wells
  56. Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School, Dorchester
  57. Alwyn Infant School, Maidenhead
  58. Broughton Community Schools (Infants), Aylesbury
  59. Elson Infant School, Gosport
  60. St Mary's Church of England Infant School, Witney
  61. Westfield Infant School, Hinckley
  62. Phoenix Infant and Nursery School, Nottingham
  63. Tibshelf Infant School, Alfreton
  64. Carrington Infant School, High Wycombe
  65. Copythorne CofE Infant School, Southampton
  66. Christ Church CofE First School, Stone
  67. Marchwood Church of England Infant School, Southampton
  68. Pickering Community Infant School
  69. Folly Hill Infant Academy, Farnham
  70. Balksbury Infant School, Andover
  71. Brookfield Infant School, Aylesford
  72. Trewirgie Infants' School, Redruth
  73. Sandwich Infant School
  74. Castleford Wheldon Infant School and Nursery
  75. Anton Infant School, Andover
  76. Orchard Lea Infant School, Fareham
  77. Earlsheaton Infant School, Dewsbury
  78. St James' CofE Infant and Nursery School, Whitehaven
  79. All Saints Church of England Infant Academy, Hessle
  80. Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant School, Preston
  81. Northern Infant School, Fareham
  82. Kiveton Park Infant School, Sheffield
  83. Lowe's Wong Infant School, Southwell
  84. Dimple Well Infant School and Nursery, Ossett
  85. Pilton Infants' Academy, Barnstaple
  86. Martin Frobisher Infant School, Normanton
  87. Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School, Farnborough
  88. Norton Infant School, Doncaster
  89. Hindhayes Infant School, Street
  90. South Walney Infant and Nursery School, Barrow-in-Furness
  91. Liphook Infant School
  92. South Green Infant School, Billericay
  93. Pinewood Infant School, Farnborough
  94. Ashcroft Infants' School, Tamworth
  95. Finedon Nursery and Infant School, Wellingborough
  96. Hasland Infant School, Chesterfield
  97. Cupernham Infant School, Romsey
  98. Torpoint Nursery and Infant School
  99. Crich Church of England Infant School, Matlock
  100. St Andrew's Church of England Infant School, Coventry
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |