Bishopswood Infant School

About Bishopswood Infant School

Bishopswood Infant School is a state primary in Hampshire, serving children aged 5 to 7 in the Basingstoke and Deane borough. It sits within a local authority that contains 425 primary schools, 33 of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. Among its local peers, the school is ranked behind Preston Candover Church of England Primary School, Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School, and St Faith's Church of England Primary School, which occupy the top three spots in the area. Bishopswood itself holds a Good rating from its most recent graded inspection in 2022, a grade it has maintained consistently across both its 2015 and 2022 inspections. The school has a capacity of 180 pupils and currently enrols 177, with 10.2 per cent of children eligible for free school meals. It is a mixed, non-religious school with no nursery or sixth form provision, and it does not offer boarding.

In its 2022 Ofsted inspection, Bishopswood Infant School received Good ratings across all five categories: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The early years provision was also rated Good. This represents a steady performance compared with its previous inspection in 2015, where it also achieved Good overall, with leadership and management and early years provision both rated as Good at that time. The school does not publish Key Stage 2 SATs results because its pupils leave at age seven, before these assessments are taken. For context, the Hampshire local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment sits at 61 per cent, though this figure applies to schools with older primary pupils. Bishopswood's focus is on the early years and infant phase, so its academic outcomes are measured through the Ofsted lens rather than standardised test scores.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, sensory room, music rooms, dining hall, art studios, and a chapel. Its sports programme includes swimming, cricket, rounders, netball, tennis, dance, and football, while extracurricular clubs cover drama, gardening, science, coding, and choir. Bishopswood has a strong SEND framework, with provisions for social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and other disabilities. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 104 applications for 56 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.86 applicants per place. All 52 first-preference applicants were offered a spot. This is a school that suits families looking for a focused infant-phase experience with good SEND support and a broad range of activities, particularly those living within the catchment area who can secure a place early.

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