Living in Alton with children
Alton, Hampshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 17,883 people in 7,883 households; 25.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
15 schools: 13 state primary, 2 state secondaryAlton on the schools map →Every school in Alton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Bentworth Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 13% (38/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Chawton Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 15% (44/307) in Hampshire | 0.74 miles (2025) |
| Saint Lawrence Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% (75/307) in Hampshire | 0.52 miles (2025) |
| Four Marks Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 31% (93/307) in Hampshire | 5.63 miles (2025) |
| Wootey Junior School | School remains Good | Top 43% (131/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Binsted Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 45% (138/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Andrews' Endowed Church of England Primary School | Good | (163/307) in Hampshire | — |
| The Butts Primary School | Good | (185/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Selborne Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | (215/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Medstead Church of England Primary School | Good | (269/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Anstey Junior School | Standards maintained | (303/307) in Hampshire | — |
| Alton Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Wootey Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amery Hill School | School remains Good | Top 14% (9/67) in Hampshire | 4.54 miles (2025) |
| Eggar's School | School remains Good | Top 48% (32/67) in Hampshire | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (63 detached, 75 semi-detached, 55 terraced, 53 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Alton. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Alton →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 69% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 92%, on average across the 1,096 postcodes in GU34. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 11 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 15 in Hampshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Hampshire
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