Hart Plain Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Hants, 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 🔒
Hart Plain Infant School is a primary school in Hants, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 April 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Hart Plain 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 applicant, first-choice families included, was offered a place in 2026, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 46 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 71st lowest of 320 Hampshire primary schools.
- There are 15.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 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
- Hart Plain Avenue, Cowplain, Hants, PO8 8RZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 26 April 2023
Strengths
- “Parents say that the school has a real ‘family feel’.”
- “Pupils develop a love of learning right from the start because it is fun, exciting and engaging.”
- “Leaders promote the ‘Learning Heroes’ of ‘Eddie Effort’, ‘Casey Courage’, ‘Harley Happy’, ‘Robbie Respect’ and ‘Immy Integrity’.”
To improve
- “Leaders have recognised that some older pupils, who find reading more difficult, have needed intensive help.”
- “However, leaders recognised that, in a few subjects, pupils were not learning the depth of knowledge needed.”
- “However, these are relatively recent and need more time to embed to help pupils learn well across the full curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 41 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.
- Hart Plain Junior School 0.1 mi Not judged
- Padnell Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen's Inclosure Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Padnell Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Woodcroft Primary 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Berewood Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springwood Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springwood Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good