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Cheriton Primary School

Primary · Alresford · SO24 0QA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 March 2025

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At a glance

70 pupils · 67% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.cheriton.hants.sch.uk
URN
115874

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.25 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 4.25 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.25 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers58.5%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Warmington SchoolPeterborough · 105 miles awayGood44%
Belton Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 120 miles awayGood55%
Broad Hinton Church of England Primary SchoolSwindon · 42 miles awayGood86%
Brington CofE Primary SchoolBrington · 96 miles awayGood67%
Salterlee Primary SchoolHalifax · 188 miles awayGood42%
Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAndover · 21 miles awayGood75%
Itchen Abbas Primary SchoolWinchester · 4 miles awayGood67%
Eileen Wade Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 91 miles awayExpected standard60%
Little Weighton Rowley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCottingham · 191 miles awayExpected standard64%
Burley Primary SchoolRingwood · 28 miles awayGood50%
Calthwaite CofE SchoolPenrith · 265 miles awayNo current grade57%
Ashdon Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 94 miles awayNeeds attention20%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · White Irish 4% (Hampshire 0%, England 0%) · Any other White background 3% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,358; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,167
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £5,333; in-year balance +£15,719

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier65.8%62.3%
Social housing8.3%17.1%
Privately rented25.9%20.5%
Detached houses54.3%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023225 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,50015 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£497,500–£757,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£625,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.23 km, 2025 entry): 84 sales, median £525,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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