Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry119 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 3.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 3.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 3.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 3.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 4.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 3.2; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 3.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 3.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 3.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 4.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 3.1; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 3.0; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Colehill First School (URN 113664), 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 | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 105 | 3.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 101 | 3.9 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 115 | 3.8 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 130 | 4.3 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 100 | 3.3 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 104 | 3.5 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 103 | 3.4 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 54 | 1.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 94 | 3.1 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 91 | 3.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Colehill First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20234.0applications per place
- 0.4 km · DorsetGood20232.9applications per place
- 2.1 km · DorsetGood20232.0applications per place
- 2.8 km · DorsetGood20242.6applications per place
- 2.9 km · DorsetNot yet inspected3.4applications per place
- 3.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20232.0applications per place
- 3.9 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 4.2 km · DorsetGood20233.3applications per place
- 4.2 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141768 · 838/2011
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 148 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2015
- Replaced
- Colehill First School (URN 113664)
- Address
- Pilford Heath Road, Colehill, Wimborne, BH21 2LZ
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources