South Farnborough Infant School

About South Farnborough Infant School

Parents at South Farnborough Infant School are overwhelmingly positive about their experience, with 88% of respondents to the most recent Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school to others. That figure comes from 65 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, and it’s backed up by strong individual scores: 96% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 93% felt their child is safe. The school is clearly popular locally too. For the 2025/26 intake, South Farnborough received 180 applications for 90 places, making it oversubscribed by a ratio of 2:1. Of the 94 families who put it as their first preference, 86 were offered a place, so being first choice gives you a strong chance but not a guarantee. The school’s headteacher is Danielle Duffy, and it serves children from age 5 to 7 in the Rushmoor area of Hampshire.

Academically, South Farnborough Infant School is currently rated Good by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in October 2024. That’s a change from its previous inspection in 2013, when it was judged Outstanding across the board. In the latest inspection, every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management — was rated Good. The school’s capacity is 270 pupils, and it currently has 266 on roll, so it’s running very close to full. As an infant school, it doesn’t publish Key Stage 2 SATs results (those are for junior schools), but the local authority average for KS2 attainment in Hampshire is 61%, which gives a useful benchmark for the junior schools its pupils typically move on to. The nearest Outstanding-rated school in the area is Talavera Junior School, 3.2 km away, which may be a natural next step for some families.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a dining hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, a library, an outdoor playground, and a chapel. Sports provision covers athletics, cricket, rounders, netball, cross country, and gymnastics, while clubs include drama, science club, and choir. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties (including dyslexia), moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View data on SEND support is based on zero responses, so it’s hard to gauge how well that provision works in practice. With 6.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals — below the national average — the school serves a relatively advantaged catchment. This is a good fit for families who want a strong local infant school with high parent satisfaction and a clear path to nearby junior schools.

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