Badshot Lea Village Infant School
Badshot Lea Road, Badshot Lea, Farnham, GU9 9LE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs G Ball
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 148
- Pupils on roll
- 147
- URN
- 125051
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01252320883
About this school
Badshot Lea Village Infant School is a community primary school in Farnham. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 147 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
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 Badshot Lea Village 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 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 148 |
| 2023/24 | 149 |
| 2024/25 | 148 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Badshot Lea Village Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.2% | 13.5% | 147 | — |
| Park Primary School | 67% | 6.1% | 46.3% | 194 | 0.6 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School | — | 4.7% | 15.7% | 264 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 88% | 3.3% | 8.4% | 487 | 0.7 miles |
| William Cobbett Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School | 46% | 5.5% | 24.9% | 359 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.51%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.23%
- Persistent absence
- 15.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Aldershot
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St Michael's Church of England Controlled Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Aldershot
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Aldershot
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William Cobbett Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Farnham
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St Michael's Church of England Controlled Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Aldershot
Other schools in Farnham
- All Saints CofE Aided Infant School Primary
- Bentley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Crondall Primary School Primary
- Folly Hill Infant Academy Primary
- Hale Nursery & Primary Academy Primary
- Highfield South Farnham School Primary
- Potters Gate CofE Primary School Primary
- Rowledge Church of England Controlled Primary School Primary
- South Farnham School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England Infant School Primary
- St John's CofE Aided Infant School Primary
- St Mary's CofE Aided Infant School, Frensham Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Badshot Lea Village Infant School teach?
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Farnham.
- Who is the headteacher of Badshot Lea Village Infant School?
- The headteacher of Badshot Lea Village Infant School is Mrs G Ball, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Badshot Lea Village Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Badshot Lea Village 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 Badshot Lea Village Infant School?
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School has 147 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Badshot Lea Village Infant School full?
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School has capacity for 148 pupils and 147 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 Badshot Lea Village Infant School a faith school?
- No. Badshot Lea Village Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Badshot Lea Village Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Badshot Lea Village Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Badshot Lea Village Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Badshot Lea Village Infant School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Badshot Lea Village Infant School's absence rate?
- Badshot Lea Village Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Badshot Lea Village 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 Badshot Lea Village 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.