Hounsome Fields Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedFree school29 pupilsBasingstoke Hampshire

School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.

Pupils from low-income families10%Far fewer than most schools

Places391 spare29 pupils, 420 places

Pupils per teacher9.7School workforce census

Pupils on roll29Census January 2026

Hounsome Fields Primary School is a free school in Basingstoke for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 29 pupils and room for 420. About 10 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.

Treetop Avenue, Basingstoke, RG23 7GJ01276 930264hounsomefields.schoolMr Bradley Carter headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

How places were given out for September 2026.

Entry	Places	Applied at all	Got a place	How far the last child lived	Source
2026 Primary	30	90	30	–	LA

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll29Census January 2026

Places4207% full

Pupils from low-income families10%10% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English14%First language is not English

Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support

Pupils with an EHC plan0%0 pupils with a plan

Average class size29.01 classes, January 2026; England 25.4

Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%

Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)7%£3,100 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%

Boys and girls14 / 15

White British pupils66%

Staff

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.

Teachers3.0full-time equivalent, 3 people

Pupils per teacher9.7Pupils for every full-time teacher

Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status

Teaching assistants1.7full-time equivalent

Average teacher pay£50,581

Vacancies0

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m26212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate60 per 1,000 people34% lower than the England average

Typical house price£372,000Basingstoke and Deane

Nearest bus stop190 mBeggarwood Lane, 7 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
St Mark's Church of England Primary School	Church of England	0.8 miles	634	Good 2023	84	Compare
Kempshott Junior School	Council	1.1 miles	362	Good 2023	56	Compare
Kempshott Infant School	Council	1.1 miles	270	Good 2022	52	Compare
Hatch Warren Junior School	Council	1.2 miles	350	Good 2024	31	Compare
Hatch Warren Infant School	Council	1.3 miles	248	Good 2022	10	Compare
Manor Field Junior School	Council	1.7 miles	214	Good 2024	60	Compare
Manor Field Infant School	Council	1.7 miles	149	Report card 2026	30	Compare
Oakley Church of England Junior School	Church of England	1.8 miles	251	Good 2024	76	Compare

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Questions parents ask

Is Hounsome Fields Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Hounsome Fields Primary School yet.

How many pupils does Hounsome Fields Primary School have?

29 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 420 places, so it is 7% full.

How big are the classes at Hounsome Fields Primary School?

The average class had 29.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Treetop Avenue, Basingstoke, RG23 7GJ
Telephone: 01276 930264
Website: www.hounsomefields.school
Headteacher: Mr Bradley Carter
Type of school: Free school (Free schools, free schools)
Phase: Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Multi-academy trust: Engage, Enrich, Excel Academies (8 schools)
Local authority: Hampshire
Ward: Oakley & The Candovers
Constituency: Basingstoke
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
URN: 151379 · LAESTAB 8502070 · UKPRN 10098678

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
Admissions outcomes: Hampshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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