Cheriton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Alresford, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.25 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cheriton Primary School is a primary school in Alresford, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Cheriton Primary 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 | 4.25 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 4.25 miles away, the 12th longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.41 miles).
- That Reception last distance swung sharply between years, and the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019.
- Reception 2026 had 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Cheriton, Alresford, SO24 0QA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 70 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this small village school.”
- “This is a nurturing school that has high aspirations for pupils, including those who are disadvantaged.”
- “Pupils flourish academically, socially and emotionally.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, the school’s checks on what pupils understand are not as effective.”
- “This means that pupils do not achieve as well as they could in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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.
- Sun Hill Infant and Preschool 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sun Hill Junior School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Itchen Abbas Primary School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ropley CofE Primary School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Owslebury Primary School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winnall Primary School 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 5.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published