Oakridge Infant School
Oakridge Road, Basingstoke, RG21 5RR
320 pupils · 94% of 340 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 25 November 2025, published 2 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.88 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 88 | 77 | 176 | 87 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 87 | 89 | 183 | 87 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 88 | 103 | 221 | 88 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 95 | 210 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 112 | 209 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 89 | 141 | 241 | 89 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 113 | 205 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 89 | 85 | 192 | 89 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Oakridge Junior School 0.1 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Merton Infant School and Nursery 0.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Merton Junior School 0.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- South View Junior School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- South View Infant and Nursery School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.