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Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 2–7Academy

Basingstoke, RG21 8YJ · Hampshire local authority

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

Getting in
33/33
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
193 pupils
107% of its 180 places
Free school meals
32%
32 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 193 pupils for 180 places
  • Ofsted: Requires improvement, May 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (33 of 33)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RG21 8) sold for a median £291,250; Basingstoke’s is £330,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery?

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

33
families put it first for September 2026
37
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. South Farnham Educational Trust 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
Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

213 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
16%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
46.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
22.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 54%Boys 46%
Its letter

No letter for Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery

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.

Graded inspection: Requires improvement, May 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery

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

Home prices in RG21 8, the school’s postcode sector

Basingstoke property prices →
£291,250
median sale, 150 sales in 36 months · Basingstoke £330,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025RG21 8Basingstoke
RG21 8Basingstoke

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£435K
Semi-detached
£390K
Terraced
£303K
Flat
£205K
RG21 8Basingstoke

Homes in RG21 8 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

24 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCCA−C+B+AC−CC−C−AC−B−AD−B+BB−DKings Furlong Infant School…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Basingstoke, RG21 8YJ

Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery: common questions

How hard is it to get into Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 33 families put Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 37 places were offered in all.

What is Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Requires improvement (May 2023).

How much do houses cost near Kings Furlong Infant School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, RG21 8, sold for a median £291,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (150 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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