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Castle Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Winklebury Way, Basingstoke RG23 8BN · castlehillprimary.net · 01256 473777
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hampshire 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.40 mi
- 0.64 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 651
- 99% of 660 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- First language not English
- 23.7%
- 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 0.40 mi (644 m) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 57 places were offered; 78% 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 | 57 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 79 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 83 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 92 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 92 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.40 mi0.64 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Hampshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Castle Hill Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Jan 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (188 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 188
- 29% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (19%) with SEND