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Portway Infant School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 270Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 115857URN

Ashfield Road, Andover, SP10 3PE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.7 above Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

239 applications for 87 places · 42nd of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 14 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.7 above Hampshire median (2.0) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

239 applications · 87 places offered · 128 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.7; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.4; Hampshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hampshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026872392.81281.47
Sep 2025832172.61131.36
Sep 2024861792.1971.13
Sep 2023882482.81271.44
Sep 2022901952.21131.26
Sep 2021912002.21011.11
Sep 2020902422.71281.42
Sep 2019912502.81171.29
Sep 2018901902.1911.01
Sep 20171202342.01170.98
Sep 2016902232.51411.57
Sep 2015902512.81341.49
Sep 2014882142.41121.27

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
115857 · 850/2007
Capacity
270 pupils · 270 on roll
Free school meals
12.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Ashfield Road, Andover, SP10 3PE
Local authority
Hampshire · Test Valley

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources