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Oakhurst Community First School

  • 5–9Ages
  • 173Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142500URN

Shaftesbury Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0DY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to Dorset median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

59 applications for 30 places · 38th of 80 in Dorset
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 14 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 23 November 2021
    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
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to Dorset median (2.1) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

59 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Dorset median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.7; Dorset median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.0; Dorset median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.7; Dorset median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.4; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.6; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Dorset median

Dashed bars: as Oakhurst Community First School (URN 113685), 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 202630592.0311.03
Sep 202528572.0210.75
Sep 202428752.7270.96
Sep 202330702.3321.07
Sep 202229622.1220.76
Sep 202127562.1210.78
Sep 202022442.0200.91
Sep 201930561.9240.80
Sep 201830702.3351.17
Sep 201728662.4230.82
Sep 201630812.7341.13
Sep 2015 *29702.4230.79
Sep 2014 *28441.6210.75

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142500 · 838/2053
Trust
The Heath Academy Trust
Capacity
209 pupils · 173 on roll
Free school meals
20.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2015
Replaced
Oakhurst Community First School (URN 113685)
Address
Shaftesbury Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0DY
Local authority
Dorset

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