The Butts Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Alton, 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 🔒
The Butts Primary School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Butts 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 | 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 41 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.9 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 18.6 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
- Bolle Road, Alton, GU34 1PW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 357 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “This school is full of happy pupils who are proud of their achievements.”
- “They embrace the school’s values in the way they show curiosity, resilience and respect.”
- “Pupils are confident and articulate in their interactions.”
To improve
- “However, there are some subjects where this is not the case.”
- “Consequently, leaders do not have the precise information they need to determine how effective these aspects of the curriculum are and how well pupils are achieving.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2025 (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) | 61% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 44 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.
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alton Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anstey Junior School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Wootey Infant School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published