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Old Basing Infant School

Primary · Basingstoke · RG24 7DL

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Good

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.

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

Inspected 21 June 2022

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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 place

77 places offered · 64 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

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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.8%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.2
England 18.5

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

This school£6,037
Typical primary school£6,960

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.

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