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Foundation school · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Highcliffe St Mark Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 651Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 134987URN

Greenways, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5AZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.6 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

117 applications for 58 places · 44th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 11 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

117 applications · 58 places offered · 68 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  12. 2015 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  13. 2014 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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 2026581172.0681.17
Sep 2025901511.7981.09
Sep 2024711201.7680.96
Sep 2023761461.9740.97
Sep 2022901551.71031.14
Sep 2021861421.7800.93
Sep 2020801531.9851.06
Sep 2019841391.7750.89
Sep 2018791371.7730.92
Sep 2017891782.01081.21
Sep 2016891852.1951.07
Sep 2015901621.8880.98
Sep 2014871401.6740.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 67% · Maths 75% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%32nd of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard40%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard67%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2558%7%106104
2023/2467%11%107105
2022/2345%2%104102

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

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
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
134987 · 839/3699
Trust
Christchurch Learning Partnership and Church of England
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
654 pupils · 651 on roll
Free school meals
6.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2005
Address
Greenways, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5AZ
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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