St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt

Ofsted

▲Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 14 March 2023, published 16 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)

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

• ▲Fordingbridge Junior School 4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• –Fordingbridge Infant School 4 km · Standards maintained (2024)
• ▲Hillside Community First School 4.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• –Trinity Church of England First School 4.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
• ▲Hyde Church of England Primary School 4.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ▲Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School 5.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.