Binsted 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 🔒
Binsted Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Alton, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Binsted 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 in 2026, there were 7 first-choice applications for 7 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- The published admission number for Reception in 2026 was 14 places, at a school with 80 pupils on roll in January 2026.
- In 2024, the earlier year with a published Reception outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Church Street, Binsted, Alton, GU34 4NX
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 80 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love attending this warm, welcoming and happy school.”
- “Staff know all pupils very well.”
- “Pupils are well cared for and feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “This is because pupils are not taught how to connect what they know in order to develop a really deep understanding of subjects.”
- “However, the books that some pupils read are not always matched precisely to the sounds they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 2023 (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) | 67% | 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: 7 first-preference applications, 7 offers in total, 7 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.
- Bentley Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Anstey Junior School 3.2 mi Standards maintained
- Alton Infant School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wootey Infant School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wootey Junior School 3.2 mi School remains Good
- Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published