Chandler's Ford Infant School
Kings Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 2EY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Clair Phillips
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 123
- URN
- 115872
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380252655
About this school
Chandler's Ford Infant School is a community primary school in Eastleigh. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 123 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Chandler's Ford Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Chandler's Ford Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 179 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 150 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chandler's Ford Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.4% | 5.3% | 123 | — |
| Merdon Junior School | 52% | 5% | 10.9% | 221 | 0.4 miles |
| St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford | 55% | 4.2% | 10.3% | 186 | 0.4 miles |
| Fryern Infant School | — | 4.7% | 17% | 135 | 0.4 miles |
| Fryern Junior School | 58% | 4.2% | 21.1% | 208 | 0.4 miles |
| Scantabout Primary School | 85% | 2.7% | 7.1% | 216 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.33%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 3.43%
- Persistent absence
- 8.04%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Merdon Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
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St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford0.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Fryern Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Fryern Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Scantabout Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
Other schools in Eastleigh
- Cherbourg Primary School Primary
- Colden Common Primary School Primary
- Fair Oak Infant School Primary
- Fair Oak Junior School Primary
- Fryern Infant School Primary
- Fryern Junior School Primary
- Hiltingbury Infant School Primary
- Hiltingbury Junior School Primary
- Knightwood Primary School Primary
- Merdon Junior School Primary
- Nightingale Primary School Primary
- Norwood Primary & Pre-School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Chandler's Ford Infant School teach?
- Chandler's Ford Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Eastleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Chandler's Ford Infant School?
- The headteacher of Chandler's Ford Infant School is Ms Clair Phillips, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chandler's Ford Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chandler's Ford Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Chandler's Ford Infant School?
- Chandler's Ford Infant School has 123 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Chandler's Ford Infant School full?
- Chandler's Ford Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 123 on roll (68%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chandler's Ford Infant School a faith school?
- No. Chandler's Ford Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Chandler's Ford Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Chandler's Ford Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Chandler's Ford Infant School's absence rate?
- Chandler's Ford Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Chandler's Ford Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Chandler's Ford Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.