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Lilliput Church of England Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 343Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 142970URN

Lilliput Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8JX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • 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

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268 applications for 119 places · 38th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 3 July 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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

268 applications · 119 places offered · 132 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  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 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 1 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Lilliput Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School (URN 113783), 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 20261192682.31321.11
Sep 20251192502.11431.20
Sep 20241122372.11121.00
Sep 20231202392.01281.07
Sep 20221151851.61120.97
Sep 20211202612.21391.16
Sep 20201202482.11291.08
Sep 20191202422.01421.18
Sep 20181202662.21471.23
Sep 20171202522.11371.14
Sep 2016 *1212642.21541.27
Sep 2015 *1192822.41561.31
Sep 2014 *1192962.51581.33

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  • 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
142970 · 839/3154
Trust
Coastal Learning Partnership
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
360 pupils · 343 on roll
Free school meals
5.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2016
Replaced
Lilliput Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infant School (URN 113783)
Address
Lilliput Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 8JX
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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