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Cove Infant School[1]

Primary · ages 4–7

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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
20 Feb 2024[2]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[2]
Report published
21 Mar 2024[2]
Personal development
Good[2]
Quality of education
Good[2]
Overall effectiveness
Good[2]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[2]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[2]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[2]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[2]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Sep 2021[3] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3] Requires improvement[3]
Date not published[4] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[4] Outstanding[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference)
154 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences
48 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered
59 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 174[5] 61[5] 60[5] 2.9[5] 1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2024 146[5] 40[5] 50[5] 2.9[5] 0.8[5]
Entry Sept 2023 148[5] 42[5] 55[5] 2.7[5] 0.8[5]
Entry Sept 2022 153[5] 49[5] 58[5] 2.6[5] 0.8[5]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
4–7[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
180[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
www.coveinfantschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Rushmoor[6]
Postcode
GU14 9DP[1]
URN
116141[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
168 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language
19% 2024/25[7]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.7% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75%[8]
Mixed
7%[8]
Asian
8.7%[8]
Black
5.2%[8]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[8]
Unclassified
1.7%[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 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. 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.