Oakridge Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Basingstoke, 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 🔒
Oakridge Infant School is a primary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Oakridge 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 was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 7 earlier years, with sharp swings between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 77 first-choice applications for 88 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The school has 27.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- 12.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 29.3% 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
- Oakridge Road, Basingstoke, RG21 5RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 320 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this extremely inclusive school.”
- “They show pride in its friendly and welcoming culture.”
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for.”
To improve
- “Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain the effectiveness of their work in all areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 77 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.
- Oakridge Junior School 0.1 mi Improved significantly
- Merton Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Merton Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- South View Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- South View Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winklebury Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Winklebury Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published