Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Alton, 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 🔒
Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Saint Lawrence Church of England 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 | 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 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, but places ran out in all 3 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 13.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28.2% 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
- Amery Hill, Alton, GU34 2BY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “The high expectations for behaviour and sense of belonging at Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School help pupils to 'shine their light'.”
- “They feel welcome and fully included because differences are valued and celebrated.”
- “Pupils behave with courtesy and kindness, showing respect for one another and for staff.”
To improve
- “While pupils typically achieve close to or above average outcomes in national tests at the end of key stage 2, leaders are determined that more pupils exceed these standards.”
- “Pupils can generally recall key knowledge well and produce work of a high standard, although this varies in some parts of the curriculum.”
- “However, the attendance of some disadvantaged pupils is not as high as it is for their peers.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2026 (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) | 72% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Alton Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anstey Junior School 0.3 mi Standards maintained
- Wootey Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- The Butts Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published