Wootey Infant School
Wooteys Way, Alton, GU34 2JA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracey McKee
- Constituency
- East Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 115985
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 0142083656
About this school
Wootey Infant School is a community primary school in Alton. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 102 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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 Wootey 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 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 158 |
| 2023/24 | 142 |
| 2024/25 | 121 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wootey Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 43% | 102 | — |
| Wootey Junior School | 67% | 6.5% | 41.7% | 157 | 0.0 miles |
| Anstey Junior School | 37% | 5.4% | 36.6% | 222 | 0.5 miles |
| Alton Infant School | — | 10.4% | 36.8% | 156 | 0.6 miles |
| Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School | 72% | 4.2% | 15.4% | 219 | 0.7 miles |
| Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School | 64% | 3.4% | 9.5% | 199 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.98%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.88%
- Persistent absence
- 17.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wootey Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Anstey Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Alton Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Alton
-
Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Alton
Other schools in Alton
- Alton Infant School Primary
- Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary
- Anstey Junior School Primary
- Binsted Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chawton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Four Marks Church of England Primary School Primary
- Medstead Church of England Primary School Primary
- Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Selborne Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School Primary
- The Butts Primary School Primary
- Wootey Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wootey Infant School teach?
- Wootey Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Alton.
- Who is the headteacher of Wootey Infant School?
- The headteacher of Wootey Infant School is Mrs Tracey McKee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wootey Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wootey 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 big is Wootey Infant School?
- Wootey Infant School has 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Wootey Infant School full?
- Wootey Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 102 on roll (57%), 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 Wootey Infant School a faith school?
- No. Wootey Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wootey Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wootey Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Wootey Infant School's absence rate?
- Wootey Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Wootey 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 Wootey 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.