Four Marks 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 🔒
Four Marks 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 21 February 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Four Marks 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, but a last distance was published in 2025, the earlier year with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 16% 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
- Five Lanes End, Four Marks, Alton, GU34 5AS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 271 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 February 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy, polite and confident.”
- “Leaders have created an extremely nurturing and safe environment for them that fosters kindness and tolerance.”
- “The values of the school are important, and pupils of all ages clearly know what these mean.”
To improve
- “While pupils achieve well in most subjects, this is not fully consistent across the curriculum.”
- “In some subjects, leaders have not considered exactly what pupils need to learn and the order in which they want pupils to learn it.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 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) | 70% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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.
- Ropley CofE Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Medstead Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chawton Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Butts Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selborne Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sun Hill Infant and Preschool 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published