Manor Field Infant School, Basingstoke

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Manor Field Infant School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Children in early years make a great start to their early education."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders analyse and track pupils' absence patterns carefully."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have put in place a broad, ambitious and well-ordered curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school has been through a period of change."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff help pupils to be considerate and kind citizens, who respect peoples' differences."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should further develop staff expertise in checking and deepening pupils' understanding in lessons, so that they identify and quickly address pupils' misconceptions and gaps in knowledge. • Leaders should continue to develop the school's work to further improve pupils' spoken and written sentences in key stage 1, to help them to achieve all that they are capable of in their written work".

For September 2026 entry, 44 families put Manor Field Infant School as their first choice and 82 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Manor Field Infant School are Manor Field Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Hatch Warren Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); Hatch Warren Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 71% maths); and Chalk Ridge Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 62% reading, 64% maths).

24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Manor Field Infant School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school and 92% say their child is happy there.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (88%).

33.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (58%), Black (12%) and Mixed (9%).

The nearest railway station is Basingstoke Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manor Field School (adjacent), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 129 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72), as is usual near a town centre.

Manor Field Infant School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Manor Field Infant School are Brighton Hill Community School (0.5 miles), The Blue Coat School Basingstoke (0.9 miles), Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School (1.2 miles) and Cranbourne (1.2 miles).