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Ringwood Church of England Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Voluntary controlled
School Lane, Ringwood BH24 1LG · ringwood-inf.hants.sch.uk · 01425 473829
On the mapSearch near BH24 1LG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 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
- 239
- 89% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 20%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- 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, 67 families put the school first and 67 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 | 67 | 67 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 64 | 61 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 78 | 74 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 91 | 1▲ | 92% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ringwood Church of England Infant School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected 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: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected 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 | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (92 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 92
- 36% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 53% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied