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Cliddesden Primary School

Primary · Basingstoke · RG25 2QU

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 26 March 2026

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At a glance

102 pupils · 86% of 119 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.cliddesden.hants.sch.uk/
URN
115877

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.82 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.82 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers57.5%
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
Allithwaite CofE Primary SchoolGrange-over-Sands · 218 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolBolton · 177 miles awayGood79%
Selborne Church of England Primary SchoolAlton · 11 miles awayGood57%
Stockcross C.E. SchoolNewbury · 18 miles awayExpected standard54%
Gretton Primary SchoolCheltenham · 64 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Brailes Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 60 miles awayNo current grade75%
Marksbury CofE Primary SchoolBath · 61 miles awayGood28%
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 55 miles awayGood58%
St Julian's Church SchoolBath · 56 miles awayGood81%
Ogbourne CofE Primary SchoolMarlborough · 31 miles awayGood57%
Heather Primary SchoolCoalville · 102 miles awayGood56%
Hanley Swan St Gabriel's with St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolHanley Swan · 78 miles awayNo current grade88%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hampshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%)

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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.76 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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school

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)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £52,084; 14.3% 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£8,611
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £11,665; in-year balance -£25,202

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier54.9%62.3%
Social housing10.5%17.1%
Privately rented34.5%20.5%
Detached houses50%22.9%
Flats3.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022561 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£319,000170 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£285,000–£350,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£520,000
Semi-detached (42)£337,500
Terraced (91)£310,000
Flat (17)£205,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.93 km, 2023 entry): 750 sales, median £334,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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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