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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 26 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 16 July 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Old Town Infant School and Nursery, URN 131694
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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 entry79 applications · 32 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as Old Town Infant School and Nursery (URN 131694), 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 | 32 | 79 | 2.5 | 30 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 58 | 91 | 1.6 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 45 | 84 | 1.9 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 41 | 83 | 2.0 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 58 | 104 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 50 | 99 | 2.0 | 43 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 54 | 97 | 1.8 | 46 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 50 | 89 | 1.8 | 36 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2018 | 57 | 95 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 45 | 107 | 2.4 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 * | 75 | 127 | 1.7 | 61 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 * | 85 | 141 | 1.7 | 59 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2014 * | 81 | 128 | 1.6 | 62 | 0.77 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Old Town Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.5applications per place
- 1.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade202554%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade202550%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20251.5applications per place
- 1.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good · improving202468%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20233.2applications per place
- 2.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained202573%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142971 · 839/2260
- Capacity
- 232 pupils · 178 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2016
- Replaced
- Old Town Infant School and Nursery (URN 131694)
- Address
- Green Road, Poole, BH15 1QB
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources