Petersfield Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Petersfield, 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 🔒
Petersfield Infant School is a primary school in Petersfield, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Petersfield 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; in 2020, the earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out.
- Reception 2026 drew 54 first-choice applications for 68 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 18th lowest of 320 Hampshire primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception 2026 place, and 14 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- Its latest Ofsted inspection, on 24 June 2025, gave no judgement; the previous graded outcome, on 18 October 2022, was Requires improvement.
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
- St Peter's Road, Petersfield, GU32 3HX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Petersfield Infant School are confident, friendly and enthusiastic.”
- “They enjoy their interesting learning and fun lessons.”
- “The values of kindness, respect and resilience are well understood and meaningful to pupils.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ writing across some other subjects is not as strong because the school does not insist on the same level of accuracy in handwriting, punctuation and spelling.”
- “However, there are fewer opportunities for pupils to take on meaningful responsibility and leadership roles within school.”
- “This means that their positive contribution to the school community is limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 54 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.
- Herne Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Sheet Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Steep Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Langrish Primary School 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Buriton Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Froxfield Church of England Primary and Pre-School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Liss Infant School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Liss Junior School 3.2 mi Good