Heatherside Infant School
Reading Road South, Fleet, GU52 7TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Leanne Bate
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 266
- URN
- 116002
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252617101
About this school
Heatherside Infant School is a community primary school in Fleet. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 266 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Heatherside 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Heatherside 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 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 272 |
| 2023/24 | 261 |
| 2024/25 | 259 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Heatherside Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.4% | 7.7% | 266 | — |
| Heatherside Junior School | 69% | 2.6% | 7.8% | 380 | 0.0 miles |
| Velmead Junior School | 86% | 3.4% | 7.9% | 373 | 0.6 miles |
| Fleet Infant School | — | 3.6% | 2% | 251 | 0.6 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School | 51% | 5.3% | 14.8% | 520 | 0.7 miles |
| Tavistock Infant School | — | 4.5% | 21.8% | 154 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 7.72%
- English as an additional language
- 16.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.36%
- Persistent absence
- 5.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heatherside Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Velmead Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Fleet Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Fleet
-
Tavistock Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Fleet
Other schools in Fleet
- All Saints Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Church Crookham Junior School Primary
- Crookham Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Elvetham Heath Primary School Primary
- Fleet Infant School Primary
- Heatherside Junior School Primary
- Tavistock Infant School Primary
- Tweseldown Infant School Primary
- Velmead Junior School Primary
- Calthorpe Park School Secondary
- Court Moor School Secondary
- St Nicholas' School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Heatherside Infant School teach?
- Heatherside Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Fleet.
- Who is the headteacher of Heatherside Infant School?
- The headteacher of Heatherside Infant School is Mrs Leanne Bate, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Heatherside Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Heatherside 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 Heatherside Infant School?
- Heatherside Infant School has 266 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Heatherside Infant School full?
- Heatherside Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 266 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Heatherside Infant School a faith school?
- No. Heatherside Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Heatherside Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Heatherside Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Heatherside Infant School's absence rate?
- Heatherside Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Heatherside 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 Heatherside 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.