Sparsholt Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Winchester, 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 🔒
Sparsholt Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Winchester, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 31 October 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Sparsholt 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
- 2024/25: 86% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), highest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest Hampshire primary schools that have results.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, the 2024/25 figure was 29% (England 8%).
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, with 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers; places had run out in both earlier published years, 2020 and 2024.
- Free school meal eligibility is 5.5% of pupils, against a middle figure of 16.7% 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
- Woodman Lane, Sparsholt, Winchester, SO21 2NR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 110 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 31 October 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming and vibrant school.”
- “Pupils are friendly and show kindness towards each other.”
- “Friendships extend across year groups, and Years 5 and 6 pupils are impressive role models who seek to help others whenever they can.”
To improve
- “There is variation in the effectiveness of assessment.”
- “In some foundation subjects, however, planned assessment does not consistently identify how securely pupils understand important knowledge or revisit previous learning.”
- “This hinders pupils’ achievement in these subjects because they have gaps in their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 86% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Harestock Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Weeke Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Western Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Winchester 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Barton Farm Primary Academy 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stanmore Primary School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bede Church of England Primary School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published