Schools in Alton
Alton in Hampshire has 17 schools in the catchment.school database, including 13 primaries and 2 secondaries – Amery Hill School and Eggar's School – coordinated by Hampshire County Council. Eight of the 17 schools carry a Church of England designation, the highest proportion of any market town of comparable size in the county, reflecting the dense network of village CofE primaries across the East Hampshire district.
Hampshire County Council uses straight-line distance as the oversubscription tiebreaker at community schools, alongside sibling priority. At the eight faith schools, supplementary information forms apply and faith criteria are assessed separately. The average fill rate across Alton schools with published capacity data is 85%, and one school is currently at or above its admission number. All five Ofsted-rated schools in the area are rated Good or Outstanding.
School demand in Alton
Across the 16 schools in Alton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 85%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
8 schools in Alton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
2 of the schools in Alton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hampshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Alton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Alton: 1 oversubscribed (13)
Alton Infant School
Primary · Community school
Alton · GU34 1DH
Anstey Junior School
Primary · Community school
Alton · GU34 2DR
Wootey Infant School
Primary · Community school
Alton · GU34 2JA
The Butts Primary School
Primary · Community school
Alton · GU34 1PW
Wootey Junior School
Primary · Community school
Alton · GU34 2JA
Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alton · GU34 2BY
Binsted Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alton · GU34 4NX
Chawton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alton · GU34 1SG
Four Marks Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alton · GU34 5AS
Medstead Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Alton · GU34 5LG
St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Alton · GU34 5RE
Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Alton · GU34 4EL
Selborne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Alton · GU34 3JA
Secondary Schools in Alton (2)
Other Schools in Alton (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Alton are set by Hampshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.