South Farnborough Infant School
Queen's Road, Farnborough, GU14 6JU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danielle Duffy
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 263
- URN
- 116144
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252543727
About this school
South Farnborough Infant School is a community primary school in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 263 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 South Farnborough 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 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 296 |
| 2023/24 | 273 |
| 2024/25 | 266 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How South Farnborough Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.3% | 6.8% | 263 | — |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | 102 | 0.2 miles |
| South Farnborough Junior School | 67% | 3.2% | 11.9% | 399 | 0.4 miles |
| Marlborough Infant School | — | 3.8% | 5.9% | 81 | 0.4 miles |
| Holly Lodge Primary Academy | 63% | 4.5% | 14.9% | 418 | 0.7 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 55% | 3.8% | 11.2% | 250 | 1.0 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)
- 6.77%
- English as an additional language
- 22.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.34%
- Persistent absence
- 7.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mark's Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
South Farnborough Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Farnborough
-
Marlborough Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
Holly Lodge Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Ash Vale
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Farnborough
Other schools in Farnborough
- Cherrywood Community Primary School Primary
- Cove Infant School Primary
- Cove Junior School Primary
- Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School Primary
- Grange Community Junior School Primary
- Guillemont Junior School Primary
- Manor Infant School Primary
- Manor Junior School Primary
- North Farnborough Infant School Primary
- Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Pinewood Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does South Farnborough Infant School teach?
- South Farnborough Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of South Farnborough Infant School?
- The headteacher of South Farnborough Infant School is Mrs Danielle Duffy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was South Farnborough Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected South Farnborough 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 South Farnborough Infant School?
- South Farnborough Infant School has 263 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is South Farnborough Infant School full?
- South Farnborough Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 263 on roll (97%), 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 South Farnborough Infant School a faith school?
- No. South Farnborough Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does South Farnborough Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records South Farnborough Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is South Farnborough Infant School's absence rate?
- South Farnborough Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does South Farnborough 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 South Farnborough 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.