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Voluntary aided school · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

St Katharine's Church of England Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 435Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 113841URN

Rolls Drive, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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145 applications for 60 places · 30th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
78%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 25 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 25 June 2024
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 1 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.4applications per place, Reception
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

145 applications · 60 places offered · 69 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  12. 2015 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601452.4691.15
Sep 2025591141.9611.03
Sep 2024591482.5711.20
Sep 2023601292.2721.20
Sep 2022601502.5871.45
Sep 2021601332.2731.22
Sep 2020601262.1741.23
Sep 2019601452.4851.42
Sep 2018601432.4791.32
Sep 2017601562.6891.48
Sep 2016601472.5851.42
Sep 2015601722.9981.63
Sep 2014901731.9981.09

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 86% · Maths 84% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%7th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard84%
Higher standard51%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard86%
Greater depth22%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2578%11%108107
2023/2473%16%109107
2022/2384%17%110108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
113841 · 839/3679
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
436 pupils · 435 on roll
Free school meals
5.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Rolls Drive, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4NA
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources