Chandler's Ford Infant School

Chandler’s Ford Infant School is a highly inclusive, happy and orderly school where pupils feel safe, behave well and are well supported. Inspectors found the school ambitious for all pupils, with a well-sequenced curriculum, strong teaching and effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Children get a strong start in Reception, phonics and early reading are taught effectively, and personal development is strengthened by a varied programme of clubs, trips and responsibilities. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and leaders, governors and staff work well together in a positive culture. The main area for improvement is the curriculum in some subjects: the school has not set out precisely the cumulative knowledge pupils need, so some pupils move on without secure prior knowledge and do not build key concepts as well as they could. This affects how consistently well pupils learn across the full curriculum and how prepared they are for the next stage. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors found it performing well across the areas they judged. Pupils, staff and parents are positive about the school, with parents describing staff as working non-stop for the children.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school where pupils feel safe and happy
• Pupils are kind, polite and behave well in lessons and at breaktimes
• Pupils value responsibilities and learn about online safety and respect for different faiths
• Broad extra-curricular offer including gymnastics, musical theatre, ballet and music
• Ambitious curriculum with logical sequencing and strong subject knowledge
• Effective questioning strengthens pupils’ understanding from the start of Reception
• Strong early years provision prioritising personal, social and emotional development
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively
• Phonics and early reading are taught effectively with systematic checking and targeted catch-up
• Leaders and governors know the school’s strengths and support and challenge staff thoroughly
• Staff feel valued and are proud to be part of a positive team
• Attendance is analysed systematically and support is provided quickly
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the precise cumulative knowledge pupils need is not clearly identified
• Some pupils move through lesson sequences without secure prior knowledge
• Some pupils do not build key concepts as effectively across the full curriculum
• This leaves some pupils less well prepared for the next stage of learning

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chandler's Ford Infant School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Chandler's Ford Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chandler's Ford Infant School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.7% of pupils at Chandler's Ford Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Chandler's Ford Infant School received £8,255 and spent £8,750 for each of its 123 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £11,000 (-£92 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Chandler's Ford Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chandler's Ford Infant School is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Chandler's Ford Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chandler's Ford Infant School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Chandler's Ford Infant School have?

Chandler's Ford Infant School has 123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chandler's Ford Infant School cover?

Chandler's Ford Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Chandler's Ford Infant School?

Chandler's Ford Infant School is at Kings Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2EY.