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Malmesbury Park Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 693Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142354URN

Lowther Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8LU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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160 applications for 61 places · 24th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
51%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 15 March 2022
    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
2.6applications per place, Reception
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

160 applications · 61 places offered · 58 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  12. 2015 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Malmesbury Park Primary School (URN 113725), 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 2026611602.6580.95
Sep 2025882072.4860.98
Sep 2024872062.4901.03
Sep 2023902112.3961.07
Sep 2022891902.11001.12
Sep 2021912162.4961.05
Sep 2020902172.41011.12
Sep 2019902382.6921.02
Sep 2018912602.91051.15
Sep 2017902983.31111.23
Sep 2016902933.31331.48
Sep 2015 *902422.7941.04
Sep 2014 *902512.8820.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 63% · Maths 72% → all three 51% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%44th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard63%
Greater depth4%
Maths
Expected standard72%
Higher standard11%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2551%2%104103
2023/2458%8%103103
2022/2359%12%104105

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142354 · 839/2226
Trust
Reach South Academy Trust
Capacity
642 pupils · 693 on roll
Free school meals
21.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2015
Replaced
Malmesbury Park Primary School (URN 113725)
Address
Lowther Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8LU
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources