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Cove Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 172Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116141URN

92 Fernhill Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9DP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • 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

154 applications for 59 places · 53rd of 287 in Hampshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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)

154 applications · 59 places offered · 48 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.7; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.4; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 3.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 3.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 3.3; Hampshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 13 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 2026591542.6480.81
Sep 2025601742.9611.02
Sep 2024501462.9400.80
Sep 2023551482.7420.76
Sep 2022581532.6490.84
Sep 2021531472.8490.92
Sep 2020601702.8570.95
Sep 2019601672.8520.87
Sep 2018601762.9540.90
Sep 2017602023.4681.13
Sep 2016602163.6761.27
Sep 2015602143.6731.22
Sep 2014601953.3500.83

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
116141 · 850/2511
Capacity
180 pupils · 172 on roll
Free school meals
12.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
92 Fernhill Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9DP
Local authority
Hampshire · Rushmoor

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