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Sun Hill Infant and Preschool
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Sun Lane, Alresford SO24 9NB · sunhillinfantandpreschool.co.uk · 01962 732632
On the mapSearch near SO24 9NB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 127
- 94% of 135 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 35 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 37 | 37 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sun Hill Infant and Preschool on 6 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong 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
- 6 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong 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 Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Positive
- 96%
- Replies
- 53
- 41% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (6%) whose child was bullied
based on 5 parents (9%) with SEND