Rucstall Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Basingstoke, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.54 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rucstall Primary School is a primary school in Basingstoke, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Rucstall 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 | 0.54 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.54 miles away, the 8th shortest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 90% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 24% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure of 90% was the highest of 6 schools: this one and 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- Holbein Close, Black Dam, Basingstoke, RG21 3EX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy and inclusive school where pupils thrive.”
- “Pupils love coming to school and are enthusiastic about their learning.”
- “Their behaviour in class and as they move around the school is exemplary.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 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) | 90% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Fairfields Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged
- South View Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South View Infant and Nursery School 1.3 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Kings Furlong Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Old Basing Infant School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakridge Junior School 1.5 mi Improved significantly