Hook Infant School

Hook Infant School is performing exceptionally well and was judged outstanding in every key area: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and inspectors found that leaders hold unmissably high ambitions for all pupils. Children get an excellent start in early years and continue to flourish, achieving well and being very well prepared for junior school. The curriculum is creative, ambitious and carefully sequenced, with strong assessment systems and expert teaching. Reading is a particular strength, and pupils are enthusiastic writers. Pupils with SEND are identified well and included fully in school life, while behaviour is impeccable and attendance is supported effectively. Personal development is rich, including democracy, charity, sustainability and safety education. Staff feel well supported, leaders have the confidence of the school community, and governors are expert. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. No significant weaknesses or areas for improvement were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across the curriculum
• Creative and ambitious curriculum with carefully sequenced knowledge
• Strong assessment systems that identify gaps in pupils' knowledge
• Expert teaching that captures pupils' interests and addresses misconceptions
• Reading is a strength, with effective phonics and a love of reading
• Pupils write enthusiastically and at length with strong sentence structure and punctuation
• Strong processes for identifying and supporting pupils with SEND
• Pupils with SEND are fully included in all aspects of school life
• Impeccable pupil behaviour and excellent attitudes to learning
• Pupils are polite, friendly, kind and courteous
• Effective support for attendance
• Warm, nurturing relationships in early years
• Rich personal development provision, including democracy, charity and sustainability
• Pupils learn how to keep themselves safe online and offline
• Strong focus on mental and physical health and well-being
• Staff feel well supported with workload and well-being
• Leaders have the full confidence of the school community
• Expert governing body
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Hook Infant School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.4% 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 Hook 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 Hook Infant School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.6% 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, 10.5% of pupils at Hook Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Hook Infant School received £6,358 and spent £6,592 for each of its 334 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £226,000 (-£677 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 Hook Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hook Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Hook Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hook Infant School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Hook Infant School have?

Hook Infant School has 334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hook Infant School cover?

Hook Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Hook Infant School?

Hook Infant School is at Church View, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9NR.