When the British Army established its permanent camp on Aldershot's heathland in 1854, the settlement transformed within decades from a Hampshire village into a Victorian garrison town. That identity has endured. Gun Hill and Central Aldershot fill out the residential offer, with a population of around 40,000 giving the town a self-contained character unusual for a north Hampshire settlement of its scale.
The town sits in the extreme north-east of Hampshire within the Rushmoor district, and South Western Railway trains connect Aldershot station to London Waterloo in around an hour. North Camp, straddling the border with Farnborough, is one of the most school-competitive corners of the area, drawing families competing for primary places, while North Town has long been a sought-after pocket for catchments closer to the centre.
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Area Performance
Across 8 primary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.90/10, +0.55 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Aldershot schools
Aldershot vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Aldershot schools
top 46% of 14,978
top 46% of 14,978
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Aldershot
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Aldershot
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