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Courthill Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 354Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142972URN

Courthill Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 9HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.2 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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305 applications for 109 places · 20th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 17 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
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
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.2 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

305 applications · 109 places offered · 100 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
  11. 2016 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.8; 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
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Courthill Infant School (URN 113688), 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 20261093052.81000.92
Sep 20251183112.61130.96
Sep 20241183142.71150.97
Sep 20231193042.61110.93
Sep 20221042742.6950.91
Sep 20211203252.71100.92
Sep 20201203142.61110.93
Sep 20191203312.81090.91
Sep 20181203382.81261.05
Sep 20171203032.51100.92
Sep 2016 *1203212.71110.93
Sep 2015 *1203402.81321.10
Sep 2014 *1203312.81351.13

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  • 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
142972 · 839/2152
Trust
Coastal Learning Partnership
Capacity
360 pupils · 354 on roll
Free school meals
13.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2016
Replaced
Courthill Infant School (URN 113688)
Address
Courthill Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH14 9HL
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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