Bordon Infant School

About Bordon Infant School

Bordon Infant School is a state primary for children aged 4 to 7, located in East Hampshire. It currently has 238 pupils on roll against a capacity of 270, meaning it is not yet full but is clearly in demand. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 129 applications for 87 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.48. Of those, 82 were first-preference applications, and 80 first-preference offers were made — so nearly every family who put it first got a place, but competition is real. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 17.2%, which is notably higher than the national primary average of around 23% but still significant for a small village-style infant school. This suggests a genuinely mixed intake, not a uniformly affluent one, and the school is serving a broad cross-section of its local community.

Academically, Bordon Infant School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, confirmed in its most recent ungraded inspection in January 2023, which noted the school remains Good. Its previous graded inspection in 2012 also awarded Good overall, with leadership and management rated Good. Before that, in 2008, the school was rated Requires Improvement, so there has been a clear upward trajectory and sustained improvement over the past decade. Because this is an infant school, there are no Key Stage 2 SATs results to report — children leave at age 7 — so the local authority average of 61% achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at KS2 does not directly apply here. However, the school’s Good rating and consistent leadership suggest solid foundations for early years and Key Stage 1 learning. The Ofsted report highlighted early years provision as a strength in the 2008 inspection, though current graded breakdowns are not published.

The school offers a strong set of facilities for such a small site, including a sports hall, gymnasium, music rooms, a sensory room, and a forest school area. Clubs cover drama, choir, chess, coding, eco club and art club, while sports include cross country, swimming, dance, tennis, gymnastics, cricket and athletics. SEND provisions are in place for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, and speech, language and communication needs. With no nursery or sixth form, it is purely a reception-to-Year-2 school, so families will need to plan for a Year 3 transfer. Given its oversubscription but high first-preference offer rate, it suits local families who want a community-focused infant school with good facilities and a clear track record of improvement, rather than a high-pressure academic environment.

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