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Merton Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Romsey Close, Popley Way, Popley, Basingstoke RG24 9HB · mertoninfants.com · 01256 324507
On the mapSearch near RG24 9HB
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 216
- 80% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- First language not English
- 38%
- 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, 36 families put the school first and 46 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 | 46 | 36 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 57 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 51 | 0.9 | 92% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Merton Infant School and Nursery on 8 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2024Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 20
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied