Marnel Community Infant School

Community school·Infant school Basingstoke, Hampshire·RG24 9PT

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Marnel Community Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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

85%

134 first choices, 117 places

First choices per place

1.15

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

224

any preference, for 117 places

Last place offered lived

0.79 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1271 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.7720220.8120230.8520241.1320251.152026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 354
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

31.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

27.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

8.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,960

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Marnel Junior School Basingstoke · 0.0 mi 44.6 St Bede's Catholic Primary School Basingstoke · 0.6 mi 79.8 South View Junior School Basingstoke · 0.7 mi 38.7 Merton Junior School Basingstoke · 0.7 mi 33.4 Oakridge Junior School Basingstoke · 0.9 mi 73.4 Great Binfields Primary School Basingstoke · 1.0 mi 62.7 Four Lanes Community Junior School Basingstoke · 1.1 mi 34.0 Sherborne St John Church of England Primary School Basingstoke · 1.5 mi 46.2

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

School overview

Marnel Community Infant School is a primary school serving Basingstoke, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 354 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Marnel Community Infant School 'Outstanding'.

Marnel Community Infant School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 134 first choices for 117 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.79 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. 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.