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Elson Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 206Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116163URN

Elson Lane, Gosport, PO12 4EU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.3 below Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

105 applications for 60 places · 197th of 287 in Hampshire

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

Inspection history

  1. 20 March 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 19 June 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Hampshire median (2.0) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

105 applications · 60 places offered · 59 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.4; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.7; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.5; Hampshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 0 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 2026601051.8590.98
Sep 2025651181.8651.00
Sep 2024661261.9661.00
Sep 2023791161.5750.95
Sep 2022751231.6720.96
Sep 2021821171.4760.93
Sep 2020901381.5760.84
Sep 2019791221.5700.89
Sep 2018781101.4710.91
Sep 2017901511.7830.92
Sep 2016901501.7870.97
Sep 2015891491.7840.94
Sep 2014901331.5710.79

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
116163 · 850/2607
Capacity
270 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals
16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Elson Lane, Gosport, PO12 4EU
Local authority
Hampshire · Gosport

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