Manor Infant School
Fernhill Road, Cove, Farnborough, GU14 9DX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Caroline Findlay
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Aldershot
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 161
- URN
- 116150
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252543348
About this school
Manor Infant School is a community primary school in Farnborough. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 161 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Manor 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 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 199 |
| 2024/25 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Manor Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.5% | 17.5% | 161 | — |
| Manor Junior School | 52% | 5.7% | 37.6% | 286 | 0.0 miles |
| Cove Infant School | — | 5.4% | 16.7% | 172 | 0.2 miles |
| Cove Junior School | 54% | 4.4% | 20.1% | 284 | 0.3 miles |
| Grange Community Junior School | 72% | 4.1% | 32.8% | 238 | 0.5 miles |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | 50% | 4.1% | 20% | 205 | 0.5 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)
- 17.46%
- English as an additional language
- 25.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.53%
- Persistent absence
- 16.91%
Location
Nearby schools
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Manor Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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Cove Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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Cove Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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Grange Community Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Farnborough
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St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School0.5 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 Junior School Primary
- North Farnborough Infant School Primary
- Parsonage Farm Nursery and Infant School Primary
- Pinewood Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Infant School Primary
- South Farnborough Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Manor Infant School teach?
- Manor Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Farnborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Manor Infant School?
- The headteacher of Manor Infant School is Mrs Caroline Findlay, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Manor Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Manor 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 Manor Infant School?
- Manor Infant School has 161 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Manor Infant School full?
- Manor Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 161 on roll (89%), 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 Manor Infant School a faith school?
- No. Manor Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Manor Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Manor Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Manor Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Manor Infant School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Manor Infant School's absence rate?
- Manor Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Manor 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 Manor 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.