Sun Hill Infant and Preschool

Community school·Infant school Alresford, Hampshire·SO24 9NB

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Sun Hill Infant and Preschool is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

35 first choices, 35 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 35 places

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sun Hill Infant and Preschool first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Inclusion

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Strong standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 131
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

9.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,776

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Sun Hill Junior School Alresford · 0.0 mi 45.9 Cheriton Primary School Alresford · 2.2 mi 45.5 Itchen Abbas Primary School Winchester · 3.4 mi 56.4 Ropley CofE Primary School Alresford · 3.5 mi 59.3 Four Marks Church of England Primary School Alton · 4.9 mi 64.2 Medstead Church of England Primary School Alton · 5.3 mi 39.4 West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Petersfield · 5.9 mi 50.7 Kings Worthy Primary School Winchester · 6.0 mi 70.5

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Sun Hill Infant and Preschool at a glance

Located in Alresford, Hampshire, Sun Hill Infant and Preschool is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 131 pupils aged 3 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' when it was last inspected in January 2026.

Sun Hill Infant and Preschool was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 35 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.