Alton Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Alton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Alton Infant School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Alton Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published outcome; in 2021, places ran out.
- There were 38 first-choice applications for 39 Reception offers in 2026, with 60 places published; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 28.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Normandy Street, Alton, GU34 1DH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 156 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and inclusive school where they are happy and safe.”
- “They know staff are always on hand if they need support or have a worry.”
- “The school is filled with warm relationships.”
To improve
- “However, leaders acknowledge that, for a small number of subjects beyond English and mathematics, there is more work to do.”
- “However, in some subjects, the key knowledge pupils are to learn is not always explicitly identified and taught.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Anstey Junior School 0.2 mi Standards maintained
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wootey Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- The Butts Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Binsted Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published