Liphook Infant School

Liphook Infant School is performing at a very high level, with inspectors finding strong practice across every evaluated area. Pupils achieve very well from their starting points, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The curriculum is well sequenced and ambitious, early reading and phonics are taught consistently well, and children in the early years make strong progress and are well prepared for Year 1. Attendance is high, behaviour is excellent, and pupils are polite, engaged and proud of their school. The school's inclusive culture is a notable strength. Leaders identify needs quickly, use pupil premium funding strategically, and ensure that pupils with SEND and other barriers to learning access the same ambitious curriculum as their peers. Personal development is rich, with wide-ranging enrichment, leadership roles and a strong focus on speaking and listening, confidence and resilience. Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe. Leadership and governance are highly effective. The school is part of The Federation of Liphook Infant and Junior Schools, with a shared executive headteacher and governing body, and it works closely with the federated junior school. Governors are knowledgeable and provide appropriate support and challenge. No significant weaknesses were identified. The next steps focus on continuing to implement the curriculum so that teaching remains at the highest level and has a transformational impact on all pupils' achievement.

Strengths

• Pupils excel in their learning and produce high-quality written work across the curriculum.
• Pupils with SEND and other barriers to learning build securely on what they know and progress well.
• Attainment in the Year 1 phonics screening check is consistently above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well across the school.
• Attendance is high and above national averages for most pupils.
• Pupils' behaviour in lessons and at social times is excellent.
• The curriculum is well sequenced, considered and precisely linked across subjects.
• Early reading and phonics are taught consistently well.
• The early years curriculum is precisely planned and children achieve a good level of development.
• Inclusion is a strength, with swift identification of needs and highly effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Leadership and governance are highly effective, with a clear culture of high expectations.
• Personal development is extensive, with enrichment, leadership roles and strong pastoral support.
• Safeguarding standards are met, and pupils feel safe.

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 Liphook Infant School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Liphook 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 Liphook Infant School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 9.4% of pupils at Liphook Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Liphook Infant School received £7,102 and spent £7,046 for each of its 267 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £562,000 (£2,105 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 Liphook Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Liphook Infant School is Strong standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Liphook Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Liphook Infant School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Liphook Infant School have?

Liphook Infant School has 267 pupils on roll.

What age range does Liphook Infant School cover?

Liphook Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Liphook Infant School?

Liphook Infant School is at Avenue Close, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 7QE.