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Tweseldown Infant School, Fleet

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 4–7

Tweseldown Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 7 in Fleet. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2023. It was 88% full in 2025.

Ofsted
Good (2023)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days

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

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Tweseldown Infant School in detail

Tweseldown Infant School in its own words

In its own words: "Our Reception outdoor learning environment is an outstanding provision for our children to take their learning forward with all seven areas of learning captivated. This vast space planned to match outstanding practice in early years demonstrates our commitment to getting children off to an amazing start at Tweseldown Infant School."

From the headteacher's welcome: "A huge welcome to you and your children. At Tweseldown Infant School we ensure every day is packed full of fun engaging lessons enabling every pupil to achieve their very best. Throughout the three years pupils attend our school, they become confident, lifelong learners."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama, choir and forest school.

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

Coming up: an open day on Sunday 1 November 2026, an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026 and an open day on Monday 23 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Getting a place at Tweseldown Infant School

For September 2026 entry, 82 families put Tweseldown Infant School as their first choice and 159 named it as one of their preferences, for 86 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Tweseldown Infant School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Tweseldown Infant School are Church Crookham Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths); Crookham Church of England Aided Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); Velmead Junior School (1 mile, Good, 92% reading, 94% maths); and Fleet Infant School (1.1 miles, Good).

Church Crookham Junior SchoolCrookham Church of England Aided Infant SchoolVelmead Junior SchoolFleet Infant School

Who goes there

9.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 29 pupils (9.4%) received SEN support and 15 (4.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Tweseldown Infant School has a resourced provision for autism: 9 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Fleet Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Tweseldown Road (adjacent), 190 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 46 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hampshire (72).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Tweseldown Infant School issued 13 suspensions, 4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; 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

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Kim Tottem
Pupils:309
LA:Hampshire
Phone:01252628843
Address:Jubilee Drive, Fleet, GU52 8DW
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 24 January 2023View full report
URN:116020
UKPRN:10075362
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:North East Hampshire
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its January 2023 inspection.

Rated Outstanding for

Personal development, Leadership & management.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Early years.

At a Glance

9.1%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Autism

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

25.1

Avg class size

25.1

Infant (KS1)

10

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Tweseldown Infant School.

  • Fleet Kumon Centre420m away · Not yet graded

Getting There

Bus Stops

Tweseldown Road (adj)
186m · 3 min walk
Bowenhurst Road (SW-bound)
264m · 4 min walk
Atbara Road (adj)
278m · 5 min walk
Sandy Lane (opp)
353m · 6 min walk
Aldershot Road (S-bound)
415m · 7 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
16
Fatal
0
Serious
4
Children hurt
3

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight.

3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.

6 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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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

88%

Available places

318 pupils

360 places

42 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Fleet

Low pressure
New homes approved:555
Projected new pupils:139

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

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: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(4)

24 January 2023
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsGood
14 July 2009
OutstandingReport
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
3 May 2006
OutstandingReport
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

29

SEN Support

15

EHC Plans

14.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Tweseldown Infant School has a resourced provision for autism: 9 places, 7 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health14
Speech, Language & Communication11
Autistic Spectrum Disorder10
Specific Learning Difficulty3
Moderate Learning Difficulty2
Hearing Impairment1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
80.6%
Asian
3.6%
Black
2.9%
Mixed
4.2%
Chinese
1.3%
Unclassified
1.0%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals9.1%
English as Additional Language7.1%

309

Total Pupils

160

Boys

149

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

15

Teachers

20.6:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£49,887

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,195

Per pupil

£1848k

Total funding

£48k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£50,414
EAL funding£15,781
Lump sum£146,274

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.7%

Overall absence

5.8%

Persistent absence

225

Enrolments

Authorised3.2%
Unauthorised0.6%
Persistent (10%+)5.8%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

3.4%
18/19
1.9%
20/21
5.4%
21/22
5.4%
22/23
4.8%
23/24
3.7%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Tweseldown Infant School

What is Tweseldown Infant School's Ofsted rating?

Tweseldown Infant School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023. At its previous graded inspection in 2009 it was rated Outstanding.

What is the catchment area for Tweseldown Infant School?

No fixed boundary. When Tweseldown Infant 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 Tweseldown Infant School?

Tweseldown Infant School was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 360 places.

How big are the classes at Tweseldown Infant School?

Classes at Tweseldown Infant School average 25.1 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Tweseldown Infant School?

Tweseldown Infant School has around 309 pupils on roll. 9% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Tweseldown Infant School have specialist SEN provision?

Tweseldown Infant School has a resourced provision for autism: 9 places, 7 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Tweseldown Infant School?

3.7% of sessions were missed at Tweseldown Infant School in 2024/25. 5.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Tweseldown Infant School?

Apply through Hampshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Tweseldown Infant 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.

Does Tweseldown Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Tweseldown Infant School: Fleet Kumon Centre (420m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Tweseldown Infant School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 12 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 6 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 Tweseldown Infant School?

Tweseldown Infant School is at Jubilee Drive, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8DW.

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

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