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Merton Infant School and Nursery[1]

Primary · ages 2–7

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Jul 2025[2]
Type
S5 Inspection[2]
Report published
15 Sep 2025[2]
Personal development
Outstanding[2]
Quality of education
Good[2]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[2]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[2]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[2]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[2]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Mar 2024[3] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3] No overall grade[3]
25 Sep 2018[4] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[4] No overall grade[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference)
119 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences
36 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered
46 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 121[5] 33[5] 43[5] 2.8[5] 0.8[5]
Entry Sept 2024 127[5] 51[5] 57[5] 2.2[5] 0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2023 137[5] 54[5] 59[5] 2.3[5] 0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2022 137[5] 51[5] 60[5] 2.3[5] 0.8[5]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
2–7[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
270[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.mertoninfants.com[1]
District
Basingstoke and Deane[6]
Postcode
RG24 9HB[1]
URN
116004[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
215 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language
39.5% 2024/25[7]
SEN support
9.3% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan
5.1% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.4% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.2%[8]
Mixed
6%[8]
Asian
16.7%[8]
Black
8.8%[8]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[8]
Unclassified
0%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.