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Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School

  • 2–9Ages
  • 84Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142512URN

Church Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6RF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Dorset median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

23 applications for 12 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.9applications per place, Reception
close to Dorset median (2.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

23 applications · 12 places offered · 9 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.5; Dorset median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.5; Dorset median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.3; Dorset median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.2; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Dorset median in 1 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Dorset median

Dashed bars: as Three Legged Cross First School (URN 113678), 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 202612231.990.75
Sep 202516261.6150.94
Sep 202412302.5121.00
Sep 202320361.8180.90
Sep 202223462.0180.78
Sep 202110161.6101.00
Sep 202019291.5191.00
Sep 201917281.7171.00
Sep 201818271.5170.94
Sep 201720291.5201.00
Sep 201612151.390.75
Sep 2015 *13151.270.54
Sep 2014 *13161.2131.00

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
142512 · 838/2038
Trust
The Heath Academy Trust
Capacity
150 pupils · 84 on roll
Free school meals
19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 December 2015
Replaced
Three Legged Cross First School (URN 113678)
Address
Church Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, BH21 6RF
Local authority
Dorset

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