Castle Hill Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · BASINGSTOKE, 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 🔒
Castle Hill Infant School is a primary school in BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hill 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 places ran out, with a last distance published, in all 7 earlier years.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some of those earlier years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 46 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.4% 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
- Greenbank, Winklebury Way, Castle Hill Infant School, BASINGSTOKE, RG23 8BN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive each morning and are greeted warmly by caring staff.”
- “From the early years, staff create a reassuring start to the day.”
- “Pupils of all ages thrive in the school’s nurturing atmosphere.”
To improve
- “Although pupils write well in English, their written work across some areas of the curriculum is not as high quality as it could be.”
- “However, this work is in the early stages of implementation.”
- “However, at times, there are inconsistencies in teaching across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 46 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 Primary School 0.0 mi Good 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 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kings Furlong Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged