Balksbury Infant School

Community school·Infant school Andover, Hampshire·SP10 3QP

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Balksbury 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

81%

103 first choices, 89 places

First choices per place

1.16

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

218

any preference, for 89 places

Last place offered lived

1.91 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 3074 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8120221.1120230.9720241.0820251.162026

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

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: 268
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

20.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

10.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

6.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,724

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Balksbury Junior School Andover · 0.0 mi 57.0 St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Andover Andover · 0.1 mi 43.4 Portway Junior School Andover · 0.6 mi 53.0 Anton Junior School Andover · 0.8 mi 42.0 Andover Church of England Primary School Andover · 1.1 mi 24.7 Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary School Andover · 1.6 mi 46.2 Vigo Primary School Andover · 1.7 mi 36.0 The Knights Enham Junior School Andover · 1.8 mi 47.2

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

About Balksbury Infant School

Balksbury Infant School is a primary school in Andover, Hampshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 268 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Balksbury Infant School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 103 first choices for 89 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.91 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 3.8%. There are about 20.0 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.