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Elson Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Elson Lane, Gosport PO12 4EU · elsoninfantschool.co.uk · 023 9258 1208
On the mapSearch near PO12 4EU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- 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
- 206
- 76% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
- First language not English
- 4.9%
- 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, 59 families put the school first and 60 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 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 66 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 79 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 75 | 72 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Elson Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 41
- 18% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied