Crofton Anne Dale Infant and Pre-School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Fareham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.04 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Crofton Anne Dale Infant and Pre-School is a primary school in Fareham, Hampshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2022. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Crofton Anne Dale Infant and Pre-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 | 2.04 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.04 miles away, the 35th longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.41 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2019, with a sharp swing between 2019 and 2020.
- 10.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.8% 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
- Cuckoo Lane, Stubbington, Fareham, PO14 3PH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils take great pride in their school.”
- “They feel safe, included and valued.”
- “Staff know pupils well as individuals and nurture them carefully.”
To improve
- “For example, leaders have identified that further development work is needed in English and mathematics.”
- “Leaders continue to establish these improvements throughout the school.”
- “Sometimes, governors' knowledge of the school's work is less well developed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Crofton Anne Dale Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
- Crofton Hammond Infant School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Crofton Hammond Junior School 0.3 mi Requires improvement
- Peel Common Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Ranvilles Infant School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ranvilles Junior School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- Woodcot Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holbrook Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published