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Balksbury Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Floral Way, Salisbury Road, Andover SP10 3QP · balksburyfederation.co.uk · 01264 352801
On the mapSearch near SP10 3QP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 1.91 mi
- 3.07 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 269
- 100% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- 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 1.91 mi (3.07 km) from the school. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 103 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 81% 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 | 89 | 103 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 100 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 72 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.91 mi3.07 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Balksbury Infant School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective - Nov 2019Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Mar 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 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 (28 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 28
- 11% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied