Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 14 December 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry178 applications · 76 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2015 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as Ad Astra Infant School (URN 113742), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 76 | 178 | 2.3 | 68 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 86 | 165 | 1.9 | 86 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 79 | 156 | 2.0 | 75 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 75 | 157 | 2.1 | 68 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 161 | 1.8 | 81 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 174 | 1.9 | 81 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 89 | 157 | 1.8 | 64 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 | 91 | 177 | 2.0 | 85 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 91 | 190 | 2.1 | 78 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 199 | 2.2 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 181 | 2.0 | 87 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 88 | 147 | 1.7 | 77 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 167 | 1.9 | 94 | 1.04 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ad Astra Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place
- 0.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good202364%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20232.3applications per place
- 1.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good202371%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20233.2applications per place
- 2.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole202652%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20262.4applications per place
- 2.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141755 · 839/2251
- Trust
- Teach Poole
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 257 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2015
- Replaced
- Ad Astra Infant School (URN 113742)
- Address
- Sherborn Crescent, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8AP
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources