Castle Hill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.4 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Hill Primary School is a primary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 January 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hill 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 | 0.4 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.4 miles away, the 5th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 69 first-choice applications for 57 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% 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
- Winklebury Way, Basingstoke, RG23 8BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 651 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 January 2024
Strengths
- “The conduct of pupils at Castle Hill is exemplary.”
- “All day, every day, pupils prove the school motto that ‘manners matter’.”
- “Pupils smile at one another, chat freely and know that they should include everyone.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not give pupils enough opportunities to develop their writing in a variety of subjects.”
- “This means that pupils do not achieve as well as they could in writing.”
- “However, these processes are not yet fully effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 March 2024 (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) | 67% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 54 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.
- Castle Hill Infant School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winklebury Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winklebury Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Chiltern Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park View Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Furlong Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged