Ringwood Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–7 · Ringwood, 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 🔒
Ringwood Church of England Infant School is a primary school in Ringwood, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (voluntary controlled school). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ringwood Church of England 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in both earlier years with a published outcome, 2020 and 2022.
- For Reception 2026, 67 first-choice applications for 67 offers (1.0 first choices per offer, the 83rd highest of 320 Hampshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of the 130 Reception 2026 applications, 18 (14%) came from families living outside Hampshire, and 5 offers went to them.
- The published admission number for Reception 2026 was 90 places, and 67 offers were made on offer day.
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
- School Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1LG
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They arrive each day eager to learn and ready to engage.”
- “The warm greeting they receive from staff helps pupils settle quickly and start the day positively.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not always achieve as well as they could in some curriculum subjects.”
- “This is because opportunities to deepen understanding and strengthen long-term recall are not yet consistently embedded across these areas.”
- “However, teaching across some areas of the whole curriculum is not yet as strong as it is in the core areas.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 67 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 67 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.
- Ringwood Junior School 0.2 mi Improved significantly
- Poulner Junior School 1.1 mi Standards maintained
- Poulner Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Burley Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sopley Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hyde Church of England Primary School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bransgore Church of England Primary School 5.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Fordingbridge Infant School 6.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published