St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–7 · Aldershot, 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 🔒
St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School is a primary school in Aldershot, Hampshire for ages 5–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
St Michael's Church of England Controlled 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places did run out for Reception in 2020 and 2025, when a last distance was published, and that distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 58 first-choice applications for 68 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- It has 28.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 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
- 48 Park Road, Aldershot, GU11 3PU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 264 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 28.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a warm and welcoming community.”
- “Pupils feel safe and happy because of the positive relationships they enjoy with adults and each other.”
- “If they have any worries, they know staff will help them.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, the activities that teachers choose do not help pupils to remember the key information that they need to recall.”
- “However, on occasion, staff do not adapt sequences of work as necessary.”
- “For example, a minority of pupils do not have sufficient practice of their newly acquired writing skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 58 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.
- St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- Park Primary School 0.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Talavera Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Talavera Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding
- Wellington Community Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanhope Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Cambridge Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published