Overton Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Basingstoke · RG25 3ES
Ages 3–11 · 391 pupils · Hampshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
60%
Overall absence
4.7%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 104.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 319
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
52
Places offered
54
1st-preference offers
52
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 92
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 54
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
391 pupils · 420 places
- Pupils on roll
- 391
- Boys / girls
- 197 / 194
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 391 / 420 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- FSM pupils
- 71
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 3–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Winchester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Wyeth
Location
- Address
- Court Drove, Overton
- Postcode
- RG25 3ES
- Town
- Basingstoke
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, 391 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 18.8%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Winchester.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Wyeth
- Telephone
- 01256770249