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Tadley Community Primary School, Tadley

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 4–11

Tadley Community Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Tadley. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2016. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in April 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 5th-highest of the 5 schools in Tadley with published results, and 14,122nd of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 1.2 first-choice applications for every place. It was 71% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2016)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hampshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Tadley Community Primary School in detail

Tadley Community Primary School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "As the Headteacher of this vibrant and nurturing community primary school, I am already incredibly proud of the children, staff, and families who make our school such a special place to learn and grow. At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to providing a safe, inclusive, and inspiring environment where every child can thrive."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, yoga, judo, dance, choir, ukulele, guitar, chess, STEM and maths club.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils at Tadley Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 43% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Hampshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Tadley Community Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Tadley Community Primary School as their first choice and 87 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Tadley Community Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Tadley Community Primary School are Bishopswood Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 66% maths); Bishopswood Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); Burnham Copse Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 60% reading, 64% maths); and Silchester Church of England Primary School (1.7 miles, Good, 97% reading, 88% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Tadley Community Primary School.

Bishopswood Junior SchoolBishopswood Infant SchoolBurnham Copse Primary SchoolSilchester Church of England Primary School

What parents say

64 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Tadley Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 94% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 64% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (64%).

Who goes there

14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Bramley (Hants) Rail Station, about 3.3 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fairlawn Road (adjacent), 80 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tadley Community Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 30 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Tadley Community Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 4.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Likely (~766m)Possible (~1.1km)Unlikely (~1.4km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Joanne Bruce-Carter
Pupils:221
LA:Hampshire
Phone:01189813805
Address:The Green, Tadley, RG26 3PB
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from May 2016, 10 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

-

Overall

Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.

Inspected 29 April 2025View full report
URN:115952
UKPRN:10076984
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:North West Hampshire
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's April 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Tadley Community Primary School creates a warm, caring environment where children thrive and feel valued. The school excels at teaching reading and building confident, kind young people who understand the importance of treating others with respect and care. Parents and carers are highly complimentary, with many expressing that they love the school.

Key Strengths

  • Pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour, inclusivity and respect for differences, with strong understanding of equality and equity
  • Well-structured phonics programme helps pupils learn to read swiftly with expert teaching and good support for those who need catching up
  • Early years children settle quickly and build confidence through thoughtful staff support and stimulating activities
  • High-quality lunchtime activities support play, creativity and social skills with pupils engaging in dens, dressing up, loom bands and sledging
  • Pupils develop into kind, respectful young people through leadership roles such as well-being ambassadors, prefects and eco-team, and by supporting class charities

Areas for Improvement

  • Some tasks in foundation subjects do not focus well enough on subject-specific knowledge pupils need to learn and remember
  • Assessment checks in some wider curriculum subjects are not clear and precise enough, meaning gaps in knowledge are not identified or closed quickly
  • Some misconceptions are not addressed swiftly enough in certain subjects

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with pupils feeling safe and knowing staff will listen to them if they have worries.

Extracurricular Activities

Well-being hub, well-being ambassadors, prefects, eco-team, class charities, bake sales, pet food bank

Tadley Community Primary School has maintained its good standards and continues to be a caring, inclusive community where pupils thrive and achieve well. The school has high expectations for pupils and promotes strong values of pride, kindness, diversity and community.

At a Glance

14.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

64 responses
Would recommend94%
Child is happy97%
Child does well95%
High expectations91%
Feels safe97%
Well behaved91%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)64%
Kept informed97%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)98%
Wider development91%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-34ppMaths-25ppWriting-10pp

Reading has declined from 84% to 50% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 68% to 43% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 65% to 55% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

27.0

Avg class size

24.3

Infant (KS1)

29.7

KS2

6

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Getting There

Bus Stops

Fairlawn Road (adj)
78m · 1 min walk
Manse Lane (SE-bound)
220m · 4 min walk
New Inn (NE-bound)
587m · 10 min walk
Rowan Road (adj)
592m · 10 min walk
Skates Lane (N-bound)
717m · 12 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
5
Fatal
0
Serious
3
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Tadley Community Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

71%

Available places

225 pupils

315 places

90 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Tadley

Low pressure
New homes approved:384
Projected new pupils:96

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Tadley

Across Hampshire council

Low demand council-wide0.83 applications per place

Places available

15,642

Applications

12,982

Got 1st preference

93.4%

Got preferred school

98.9%

All primary applications across Hampshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(8)

29 April 2025

Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.

5 November 2019
4 May 2016
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

25

SEN Support

11

EHC Plans

16.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health11
Speech, Language & Communication8
Autistic Spectrum Disorder6
Other6
Hearing Impairment2
Moderate Learning Difficulty1
Visual Impairment1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
86.4%
Asian
1.5%
Black
0.9%
Mixed
1.4%
Other
0.9%
Unclassified
3.6%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals14.5%
English as Additional Language5.0%

221

Total Pupils

122

Boys

99

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

14

Teachers

15.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,297

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,213

Per pupil

£1270k

Total funding

£41k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£42,623
EAL funding£4,736
Lump sum£146,274

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

5.5%

Overall absence

15.0%

Persistent absence

206

Enrolments

Authorised4.6%
Unauthorised0.9%
Persistent (10%+)15.0%
Severe (50%+)2.4%

Absence trend

4.4%
18/19
4.9%
20/21
8.8%
21/22
8.0%
22/23
7.1%
23/24
5.5%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Tadley Community Primary School

What are SATs results like at Tadley Community Primary School?

Of the pupils at Tadley Community Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 50% reached the expected standard in reading and 43% did so in maths.

What is Tadley Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Tadley Community Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in April 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in May 2016, it was rated Good.

What is the catchment area for Tadley Community Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Tadley Community Primary School is oversubscribed, Hampshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Tadley Community Primary School?

Tadley Community Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 71% of its 315 places.

How big are the classes at Tadley Community Primary School?

Classes at Tadley Community Primary School average 27 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Tadley Community Primary School?

Tadley Community Primary School has around 221 pupils on roll. 15% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Tadley Community Primary School?

5.5% of sessions were missed at Tadley Community Primary School in 2024/25. 15% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Tadley Community Primary School?

Apply through Hampshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Tadley Community Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Tadley Community Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 5 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 3 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hampshire is 9 (the median across 617 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Tadley Community Primary School?

Tadley Community Primary School is at The Green, Tadley, Hampshire, RG26 3PB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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