Fleet Infant School

About Fleet Infant School

Fleet Infant School is a state primary in Hart, Hampshire, serving children aged 4 to 7, and it is noticeably popular with local families. The school has capacity for 270 pupils but currently enrols 255, leaving a small number of spare places. However, demand for entry is high: for the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 195 applications for just 90 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.17. Only 65 of those applications were first-preference offers, meaning many families who put Fleet Infant as their top choice were turned away. The school’s intake is notably less disadvantaged than the national average, with just 2% of pupils eligible for free school meals, compared with around 23% nationally. This low FSM figure suggests the school draws from a relatively affluent catchment area. The headteacher is Monique Clark, and the school has no religious character. It is a mixed, non-boarding school with no nursery provision and no sixth form, as it covers only the infant years.

Academically, Fleet Infant School holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in October 2022. The inspection judged all key areas as Good, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Early years provision was also rated Good. This represents a change from the school’s previous inspection in 2009, when it was rated Outstanding overall, with Outstanding marks for early years provision and leadership. The current Good rating places it in the majority of Hampshire primary schools; the local authority has 33 Outstanding-rated primary schools out of a total of 425. While the school does not publish Key Stage 2 results (as it only goes up to Year 2), its infant-phase focus means pupils move on to a junior school before sitting SATs. The local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment is 61%, but this metric does not directly apply to Fleet Infant’s cohort.

The school offers a range of facilities including a dining hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, an outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports provision includes football, rounders, cross country, and athletics, while extracurricular clubs cover coding, art, eco club, drama, and chess. For pupils with additional needs, the school has SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty and autistic spectrum disorder. Given its oversubscription, families living close to the school or with siblings already attending will have a stronger chance of securing a place. The nearest Outstanding-rated alternative is Elvetham Heath Primary School, 2.8 km away. Fleet Infant School is best suited to families seeking a well-regarded, Good-rated infant school in a relatively affluent area, who are prepared for a competitive admissions process and who value a broad range of clubs and sports for younger children.

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