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Oakridge Infant School

PrimaryAges 2–7Community

Basingstoke, RG21 5RR · Hampshire local authority

Basingstoke’s School Grade C+ better than 45% of towns in England

Getting in
77/77
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
320 pupils
94% of its 340 places
Free school meals
15%
15 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Oakridge Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted report card, November 2025: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (77 of 77)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG21 5) sold for a median £310,000; Basingstoke’s is £330,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Oakridge Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

77
families put it first for September 2026
88
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (10), 2020 (30), 2021 (55), 2022 (30), 2023 (11), 2024 (19), 2025 (10). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Hampshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Hampshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Basingstoke, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.56 per place
64% got their first choice
1.33 per place
75% got their first choice
1.27 per place
79% got their first choice
1.23 per place
80% got their first choice
1.21 per place
78% got their first choice
1.17 per place
72% got their first choice
1.16 per place
75% got their first choice
1.15 per place
85% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Oakridge Infant
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

325 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
20.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
32.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Oakridge Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting November 2025.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Oakridge Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RG21 5, the school’s postcode sector

Basingstoke property prices →
£310,000
median sale, 188 sales in 36 months · Basingstoke £330,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025RG21 5Basingstoke
RG21 5Basingstoke

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£490K
Semi-detached
£383K
Terraced
£293K
Flat
£184K
RG21 5Basingstoke

Homes in RG21 5 sell for a little under Basingstoke’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

23 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCCA−DC+ACC−A−AAC−B−B+DBBOakridge Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Basingstoke, RG21 5RR

Oakridge Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Oakridge Infant School?

For September 2026, 77 families put Oakridge Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 88 places were offered in all.

What is Oakridge Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (November 2025) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Oakridge Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG21 5, sold for a median £310,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (188 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Basingstoke’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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