Sun Hill Infant and Preschool
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Alresford, 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 🔒
Sun Hill Infant and Preschool is a primary school in Alresford, Hampshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Sun Hill Infant and Preschool 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
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place; there were 35 first-choice applications for 35 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 83rd highest of 320 Hampshire primary schools.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 12.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- The latest Ofsted inspection, on 6 January 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 14 September 2021, was Good.
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
- Sun Lane, Alresford, SO24 9NB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 127 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 January 2026
Strengths
- “They feel happy and secure in this highly supportive and nurturing community.”
- “Strong, caring relationships abound.”
- “Pupils know that staff truly care about them as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, very occasionally, this is not the case.”
- “In such cases, the curriculum content is not quite as carefully identified as it could be.”
- “Recently, leaders have identified that pupils' spelling and handwriting need to improve further.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 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 Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Cheriton Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Itchen Abbas Primary School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Ropley CofE Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Four Marks Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Medstead Church of England Primary School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 5.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kings Worthy Primary School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published