Charles Kingsley's Primary School
In Eversley there is a primary school called Charles Kingsley's Primary School, founded by Charles Kingsley in 1853. It is a Christian school which offers mostly Christian Ethos. In 2011, it was inspected by OFSTED, and it received an outstanding on everything possible report. The school was named as one of 253 in the list of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Skills Annual Report. Charles Kingsley's is one of only 67 schools to be named on that list twice. Its recent exam results show the school to be in the top 1% of the country.
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