Old Basing Infant School
Milkingpen Lane, Old Basing, Basingstoke, RG24 7DL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sonia Denning
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 249
- URN
- 116039
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256325704
About this school
Old Basing Infant School is a community primary school in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 249 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 Old Basing 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 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 264 |
| 2023/24 | 266 |
| 2024/25 | 261 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Old Basing Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.2% | 3.1% | 249 | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School | 65% | 3% | 8.3% | 357 | 0.1 miles |
| Great Binfields Primary School | 66% | 3.5% | 12% | 415 | 1.0 miles |
| Rucstall Primary School | 90% | 4.1% | 21.4% | 204 | 1.4 miles |
| South View Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.3% | 31.6% | 211 | 1.6 miles |
| South View Junior School | 56% | 6% | 39.1% | 255 | 1.6 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)
- 3.07%
- English as an additional language
- 16.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.23%
- Persistent absence
- 5.46%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School0.1 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
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Great Binfields Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
Rucstall Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
South View Infant and Nursery School1.6 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
-
South View Junior School1.6 miles
Primary · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Old Basing Infant School teach?
- Old Basing Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Old Basing Infant School?
- The headteacher of Old Basing Infant School is Mrs Sonia Denning, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Old Basing Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Old Basing 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 Old Basing Infant School?
- Old Basing Infant School has 249 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Old Basing Infant School full?
- Old Basing Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 249 on roll (92%), 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 Old Basing Infant School a faith school?
- No. Old Basing Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Old Basing Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Old Basing Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Old Basing Infant School's absence rate?
- Old Basing Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Old Basing 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 Old Basing 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.