Old Basing Infant School
Primary · Basingstoke · RG24 7DL
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 21 June 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
249 pupils · 92% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 16.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 5.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils
- Website
- www.oldbasinginfants.co.uk/
- URN
- 116039
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.83 first-choice applications per place77 places offered · 64 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.