Sherborne House School
Sherborne House School is an independent school in Eastleigh for boys and girls aged 0 to 11. It has 282 pupils, 2 more than it has places for.
39 Lakewood Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 1EU023 8025 2440sherbornehouse.co.ukMrs Cordelia Cripps headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hampshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 282 | 295 | 279 | 280 | 275 | 240 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 5% | 10% | 6% | 14% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merdon Junior School | Council | 500 m | 221 | No overall grade 2025 | 50 | Compare |
| Hiltingbury Infant School | Council | 610 m | 268 | Outstanding 2023 | 99 | Compare |
| Hiltingbury Junior School | Council | 610 m | 372 | Good 2023 | 88 | Compare |
| Chandler's Ford Infant School | Council | 850 m | 123 | No overall grade 2025 | 65 | Compare |
| Lakeside School | Council | 870 m | 97 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Thornden School | Academy | 970 m | 1,440 | Report card 2026 | 93 | Compare |
| Scantabout Primary School | Council | 990 m | 216 | Not inspected | 93 | Compare |
| Fryern Infant School | Council | 0.7 miles | 135 | Good 2024 | 37 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sherborne House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Sherborne House School yet.
How many pupils does Sherborne House School have?
282 pupils aged 0 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 280 places, so it is 101% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 39 Lakewood Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 1EU
- Telephone
- 023 8025 2440
- Website
- www.sherbornehouse.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Cordelia Cripps
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward
- Hiltingbury
- Constituency
- Eastleigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1942
- URN
- 116514 · LAESTAB 8506060 · UKPRN 10070245
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.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.