Andover Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Andover, 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 🔒
Andover Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Andover, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Andover 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 21 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but places ran out in both 2019 and 2020, when a last distance was published, and that distance swung sharply between those years.
- 2024/25: 38% met expected standard in reading, writing and maths, lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
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
- East Street, Andover, SP10 1EP
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a warm and friendly school where pupils are keen to live out the school’s values of ‘love, courage and forgiveness’.”
- “They behave well, work hard and have positive attitudes towards learning.”
- “Pupils show respect for others and embrace difference.”
To improve
- “However, these changes have not had sufficient time to have an impact on how well pupils achieve.”
- “As a result, pupils have gaps in their knowledge.”
- “However, this new focus has not been in place long enough to show a clear difference in pupils’ achievement over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 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) | 38% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 21 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.
- Vigo Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Anton Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Anton Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Balksbury Infant School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Balksbury Junior School 1.2 mi Improved significantly
- Knights Enham Nursery and Infant School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Knights Enham Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged