Bishopswood Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Tadley, 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 🔒
Bishopswood Infant School is a primary school in Tadley, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Bishopswood Infant 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, but a last distance was published in all 5 earlier years, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 32 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- The school has 23.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 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
- Barlows Road, Tadley, RG26 3NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and feel safe at this warm and inclusive school.”
- “Caring staff greet pupils positively at the start of the day and strong relationships help pupils feel valued and well supported.”
- “Pupils know that adults will listen to them if they have worries and are confident that concerns will be dealt with quickly.”
To improve
- “However, leaders have identified that some pupils have gaps in their writing skills, including correct letter formation.”
- “Pupils' knowledge of the curriculum is more detailed in some areas compared to others.”
- “However, the teaching of key writing skills is not yet fully consistent.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 32 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.
- Bishopswood Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Tadley Community Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Burnham Copse Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Silchester Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 2.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Ashford Hill Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bramley Church of England Primary School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sherborne St John Church of England Primary School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published