Fair Oak Infant School
Botley Road, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7AN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Peart
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 359
- URN
- 115891
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380692207
About this school
Fair Oak Infant School is a community primary school in Eastleigh. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 359 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fair Oak 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 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
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Fair Oak 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 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 440 |
| 2023/24 | 418 |
| 2024/25 | 388 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fair Oak Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 6.4% | 359 | — |
| Fair Oak Junior School | 66% | 4.7% | 14.6% | 583 | 0.1 miles |
| Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School | 71% | 3.4% | 12.8% | 139 | 1.3 miles |
| Stoke Park Infant School | — | 4.5% | 16.5% | 253 | 1.4 miles |
| Stoke Park Junior School | 55% | 4.9% | 26.9% | 324 | 1.4 miles |
| Wellstead Primary School | 71% | 3.7% | 19.3% | 414 | 2.1 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
-
Graded inspection report25 November 2025
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.44%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.73%
- Persistent absence
- 5.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fair Oak Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Durley Church of England Controlled Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Stoke Park Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Stoke Park Junior School1.4 miles
Primary · Eastleigh
-
Wellstead Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Eastleigh
- Chandler's Ford Infant School Primary
- Cherbourg Primary School Primary
- Colden Common Primary 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 Fair Oak Infant School teach?
- Fair Oak Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Eastleigh.
- Who is the headteacher of Fair Oak Infant School?
- The headteacher of Fair Oak Infant School is Mr David Peart, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fair Oak Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fair Oak 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 Fair Oak Infant School?
- Fair Oak Infant School has 359 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Fair Oak Infant School full?
- Fair Oak Infant School has capacity for 360 pupils and 359 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Fair Oak Infant School a faith school?
- No. Fair Oak Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Fair Oak Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Fair Oak Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Fair Oak Infant School's absence rate?
- Fair Oak Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Fair Oak 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 Fair Oak 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.