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Fair Oak Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Botley Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh SO50 7AN · fairoakinfant.co.uk · 023 8069 2207
On the mapSearch near SO50 7AN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 2.32 mi
- 3.73 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 359
- 100% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 8.1%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.32 mi (3.73 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 118 families put the school first and 113 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 113 | 118 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 118 | 128 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 119 | 125 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 133 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 147 | 158 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.32 mi3.73 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Fair Oak Infant School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (92 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 97%
- Replies
- 92
- 24% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (2%) whose child was bullied
based on 12 parents (13%) with SEND