Manor Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Farnborough, 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 🔒
Manor Infant School is a primary school in Farnborough, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Manor 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
- In 2026, Reception had 29 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place, while 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome, but places ran out in both 2023 and 2024.
- The school has 26 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.4 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
- Fernhill Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9DX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 161 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this inclusive school.”
- “They feel safe, valued and part of a caring community.”
- “Pupils are greeted warmly by staff who know them well and build positive, trusting relationships.”
To improve
- “While expectations are not yet applied consistently in a small number of cases, leaders are addressing this through ongoing training and feedback.”
- “Leaders recognise that implementation is not yet consistently effective across all subjects and year groups and are actively addressing this.”
- “These include strengthening systems, enriching the curriculum and improving consistency in teaching and learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 29 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.
- Manor Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
- Cove Infant School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cove Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Grange Community Junior School 0.5 mi Not judged
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Pinewood Infant School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Guillemont Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Cherrywood Community Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published