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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 29 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 23 June 2015Graded inspection: Good · as Twin Sails Infant School, URN 113689
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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 entry125 applications · 85 places offered · 81 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; 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 Twin Sails Infant School (URN 113689), 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 | 85 | 125 | 1.5 | 81 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 88 | 123 | 1.4 | 84 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 108 | 132 | 1.2 | 106 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 96 | 127 | 1.3 | 91 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 117 | 158 | 1.4 | 116 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 118 | 162 | 1.4 | 115 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 167 | 1.4 | 116 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 117 | 156 | 1.3 | 110 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 110 | 152 | 1.4 | 100 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 105 | 151 | 1.4 | 102 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 120 | 158 | 1.3 | 115 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 120 | 172 | 1.4 | 122 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 120 | 191 | 1.6 | 136 | 1.13 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Twin Sails Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.5applications per place
- 0.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade202550%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleImproved significantly20252.5applications per place
- 2.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20261.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade202554%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20233.2applications per place
- 3.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place
- 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
- 143313 · 839/2154
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 320 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Twin Sails Infant School (URN 113689)
- Address
- Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4AX
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources