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Merton Infant School and Nursery

  • 2–7Ages
  • 216Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116004URN

Romsey Close, Popley Way, Popley, Basingstoke, RG24 9HB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
0.6 above Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

119 applications for 46 places · 55th of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 July 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 8 July 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 13 March 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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
2.6applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Hampshire median (2.0) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

119 applications · 46 places offered · 36 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.2; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.3; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.1
  • 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 2026461192.6360.78
Sep 2025431212.8330.77
Sep 2024571272.2510.89
Sep 2023591372.3540.92
Sep 2022601372.3510.85
Sep 2021601172.0450.75
Sep 2020801111.4610.76
Sep 201944882.0370.84
Sep 201848931.9440.92
Sep 2017541082.0460.85
Sep 2016871291.5610.70
Sep 2015651261.9440.68
Sep 2014891231.4580.65

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
116004 · 850/2271
Capacity
270 pupils · 216 on roll
Free school meals
18.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Romsey Close, Popley Way, Popley, Basingstoke, RG24 9HB
Local authority
Hampshire · Basingstoke and Deane

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