Hatch Warren Infant School

Hatch Warren Infant School is performing well overall, being judged as good across all evaluated areas. The school fosters a happy and inclusive environment, with leaders ensuring high expectations for pupil learning and well-being. The positive school ethos is reflected in the supportive relationships observed between staff, pupils, and parents, contributing to a strong sense of community within the school. The recent enhancements to the phonics program have led to notable improvements in reading; however, some areas require further development.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils
• Inclusive and supportive school environment
• Effective behaviour management and pupil engagement
• Strong focus on developing reading skills with a new phonics approach
• Positive relationships among pupils, staff, and parents
• Availability of interventions for pupils needing extra support
• Commitment to teaching pupils about health and respect for differences

Areas for Improvement

• Reading books not always matched to pupils' phonics knowledge
• Early-stage development of monitoring systems for foundation subjects
• Governors not fully informed about quality of education in all subjects

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 Hatch Warren Infant School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.9% 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 Hatch Warren 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 Hatch Warren Infant School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.5% of pupils at Hatch Warren Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.3% 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 Hatch Warren Infant School received £8,024 and spent £7,203 for each of its 248 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £78,000 (£315 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 Hatch Warren Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hatch Warren Infant School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Hatch Warren Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hatch Warren Infant School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Hatch Warren Infant School have?

Hatch Warren Infant School has 248 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hatch Warren Infant School cover?

Hatch Warren Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Hatch Warren Infant School?

Hatch Warren Infant School is at Gershwin Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4PQ.