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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 17 September 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry90 applications · 30 places offered · 36 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as Bearwood Primary and Nursery School (URN 113749), 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 | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 91 | 3.1 | 35 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 63 | 2.2 | 36 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 89 | 3.0 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 55 | 1.8 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 | 31 | 58 | 1.9 | 37 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 63 | 2.1 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 24 | 37 | 1.5 | 19 | 0.79 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 71% · Writing 71% · Maths 63% → all three 46% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 46% | 4% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 4% | 101 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 60% | 7% | 105 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bearwood Primary and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20223.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · DorsetNot yet inspected3.4applications per place
- 2.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20224.0applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20232.0applications per place
- 3.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20262.3applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143477 · 839/2264
- Capacity
- 257 pupils · 253 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2016
- Replaced
- Bearwood Primary and Nursery School (URN 113749)
- Address
- Barons Road, Bearwood, Bournemouth, BH11 9UN
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources