Gomer Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Gosport, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Gomer Infant School is a primary school in Gosport, Hampshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Gomer 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 in all 5 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire is 32.6%.
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
- Pyrford Close, Alverstoke, Gosport, PO12 2RP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 168 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “They are eager to see the staff and there is a mutual excitement about the day to come.”
- “Pupils are positive about their peers and the opportunities they have.”
- “These positive attitudes to school mean that pupils attend well and are rarely late.”
To improve
- “Generally, staff check pupils’ understanding effectively, but this is variable across different subjects and classes.”
- “Generally, pupils behave well, although some occasionally lose concentration in lessons.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 31 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.
- King's Academy Gomer 0.1 mi Not judged
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Alver Valley Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alver Valley Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good