Schoolfile
Search

Academy converter · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Canford Heath Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 367Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 141762URN

Learoyd Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8PJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.3 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

273 applications for 120 places · 36th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

273 applications · 120 places offered · 134 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  12. 2015 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Canford Heath Infant School (URN 113706), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261202732.31341.12
Sep 20251182472.11181.00
Sep 20241182592.21291.09
Sep 20231202452.01261.05
Sep 20221202572.11211.01
Sep 20211202652.21411.18
Sep 20201202772.31461.22
Sep 20191202972.51561.30
Sep 20181212882.41531.26
Sep 20171202682.21391.16
Sep 20161202822.41481.23
Sep 2015 *1202632.21160.97
Sep 2014 *1202442.01241.03

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141762 · 839/2178
Trust
Teach Poole
Capacity
360 pupils · 367 on roll
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2015
Replaced
Canford Heath Infant School (URN 113706)
Address
Learoyd Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8PJ
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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