Wherwell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Andover, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.07 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Wherwell Primary School is a primary school in Andover, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Wherwell 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 | 7.07 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 7.07 miles away, the 4th 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 the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 16 first-choice applications for 22 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Wherwell, Andover, SP11 7JP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at Wherwell Primary School.”
- “Pupils and parents like coming to this friendly school.”
- “The school’s ethos of ‘Care, Respect, Responsibility and Resilience’ helps pupils to feel valued and secure.”
To improve
- “In these examples, there is not always the precise clarity about what knowledge pupils should be taught and when.”
- “Leaders identified that, previously, some pupils had gaps in their phonics knowledge, resulting in them not learning to read as quickly as they should.”
- “However, teachers’ subject knowledge is not sufficiently strong in some areas of the curriculum and their checks on pupils’ knowledge are not always effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2023 (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) | 93% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 16 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.
- Longparish Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary School 2.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Clatford Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barton Stacey Church of England Primary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anton Infant School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Anton Junior School 3.0 mi Not judged
- Andover Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vigo Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published