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Poulner Infant School and Nursery

  • 2–7Ages
  • 207Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 116031URN

North Poulner Road, Ringwood, BH24 3LA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.4 below Hampshire median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hampshire

92 applications for 58 places · 233rd of 287 in Hampshire

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2015
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

  1. 16 October 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 5 March 2015
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Hampshire median (2.0) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

92 applications · 58 places offered · 57 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; Hampshire median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.8; Hampshire median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.0; Hampshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.9; Hampshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.6; Hampshire median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Hampshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hampshire 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 202658921.6570.98
Sep 202550931.9470.94
Sep 2024601131.9601.00
Sep 202345932.1430.96
Sep 2022591091.9701.19
Sep 2021591111.9661.12
Sep 2020791241.6770.97
Sep 2019571011.8530.93
Sep 201857891.6550.96
Sep 2017591182.0540.92
Sep 2016521001.9521.00
Sep 2015791241.6740.94
Sep 2014711121.6670.94

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
116031 · 850/2310
Capacity
206 pupils · 207 on roll
Free school meals
18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
North Poulner Road, Ringwood, BH24 3LA
Local authority
Hampshire · New Forest

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