Cliddesden Primary School
Cliddesden, Basingstoke, RG25 2QU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Kenneth Davies
- Constituency
- East Hampshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 115877
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256321571
About this school
Cliddesden Primary School is a community primary school in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 102 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cliddesden Primary 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 60% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 13% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 73% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 60% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 80% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cliddesden Primary 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 | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 75% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 110 |
| 2024/25 | 105 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cliddesden Primary School compares
Cliddesden Primary School ranked 108th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.2% | 10.5% | 102 | — |
| Manor Field Junior School | 72% | 5.1% | 40.9% | 214 | 1.1 miles |
| Manor Field Infant School | — | 4.8% | 26.7% | 149 | 1.1 miles |
| Chalk Ridge Primary School | 51% | 5% | 23.4% | 283 | 1.2 miles |
| Hatch Warren Infant School | — | 6.9% | 23.1% | 248 | 1.4 miles |
| Hatch Warren Junior School | 59% | 5.2% | 28.2% | 350 | 1.4 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)
- 10.48%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.23%
- Persistent absence
- 8.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Manor Field Junior School1.1 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Manor Field Infant School1.1 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Chalk Ridge Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Hatch Warren Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Hatch Warren Junior School1.4 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
Cliddesden Primary School ranks 12th of the 27 ranked primary schools in Basingstoke.
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
- Four Lanes Community Junior School Primary
- Four Lanes Infant School Primary
- Great Binfields Primary School Primary
- Hatch Warren Infant School Primary
- Hatch Warren Junior School Primary
- Hounsome Fields Primary School Primary
- Kempshott Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cliddesden Primary School teach?
- Cliddesden Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Cliddesden Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cliddesden Primary School is Mr Kenneth Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cliddesden Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cliddesden Primary 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 Cliddesden Primary School?
- Cliddesden Primary School has 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cliddesden Primary School full?
- Cliddesden Primary School has capacity for 119 pupils and 102 on roll (86%), 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 Cliddesden Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cliddesden Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cliddesden Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cliddesden Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cliddesden Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cliddesden Primary School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- Cliddesden Primary School ranked 108th of 303 primary schools in Hampshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cliddesden Primary School's absence rate?
- Cliddesden Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cliddesden Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cliddesden Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.