Merton Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Merton Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Merton Infant School and Nursery 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 | Not published |
| 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
- No Reception 2026 last distance offered was published, and the 2022 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2021.
- 16.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 31.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- At 28.2 pupils per teacher, the school is above the middle figure of 19 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
- Ofsted's latest visit, on 8 July 2025, gave an outcome of Not judged; the previous graded outcome, from 6 November 2014, 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
- Romsey Close, Popley Way, Popley, Basingstoke, RG24 9HB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 216 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils bubble with enthusiasm when they talk about their school.”
- “Being a pupil here is like belonging to a big family with relatives all around the world.”
- “Whenever pupils join, great care is taken to settle them into school life.”
To improve
- “There is still some work to do to ensure that support for children with SEND is as strong in pre-school.”
- “There is, however, more to do to ensure that these changes are well established.”
- “This is not, though, consistently as strong when adults join in children’s play in pre-school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- Merton Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakridge Infant School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakridge Junior School 0.4 mi Improved significantly
- South View Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- South View Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Marnel Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Marnel Community Infant School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published