Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Winchester, Hampshire
Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Winchester, Hampshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Austen Avenue, Olivers Battery, Winchester, SO22 4HP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be members of this school.”
- “Staff have high expectations of how all pupils behave and apply themselves to learning.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to meet these high standards by the caring and considerate staff.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the school has not identified the most important knowledge that they want pupils to remember.”
- “As a result, the learning is not always broken down into manageable chunks as well as it could be.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not check that pupils have used challenging vocabulary and techniques.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 March 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) | 55% | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2019 to 2026, as Hampshire published it, drawn on the map
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- Earlier years of exam results
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Stanmore Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Faith's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Compton All Saints Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Western Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Bede Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weeke Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published