Castle Hill Infant School

Community school·Infant school BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire·RG23 8BN

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Castle Hill 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

100%

46 first choices, 52 places

First choices per place

0.89

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 52 places

Last place offered lived

1.30 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 2092 m

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9820220.8520230.9020240.9720250.892026

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 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 181
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

16.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,361

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Castle Hill Primary School Basingstoke · 0.0 mi 50.6 Winklebury Junior School Basingstoke · 0.5 mi 48.6 Chiltern Primary School Basingstoke · 0.6 mi 28.0 Park View Primary School Basingstoke · 0.9 mi 43.8 St Anne's Catholic Primary School Basingstoke · 1.0 mi 44.7 Kings Furlong Junior School Basingstoke · 1.2 mi 38.1 Oakridge Junior School Basingstoke · 1.4 mi 73.4 Merton Junior School Basingstoke · 1.6 mi 33.4

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

Castle Hill Infant School is a primary school serving BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 181 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Castle Hill Infant School 'Good'.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Castle Hill Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 52 Reception places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.30 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 20.1 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.