Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry209 applications · 60 places offered · 89 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 3.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 3.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as Springdale First School (URN 113702), 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 | 60 | 209 | 3.5 | 89 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 173 | 2.9 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 154 | 2.8 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 192 | 3.2 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 157 | 2.6 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 159 | 2.7 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 176 | 2.9 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 169 | 2.8 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 138 | 2.3 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 164 | 2.7 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 182 | 3.0 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 84 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 199 | 3.3 | 74 | 1.23 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Springdale First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place
- 0.9 km · DorsetOutstanding20222.8applications per place
- 1.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.7applications per place
- 1.4 km · DorsetGood20234.5applications per place
- 1.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.5applications per place
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good202364%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20262.3applications per place
- 3.4 km · DorsetGood202347%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 143616 · 839/2173
- Capacity
- 300 pupils · 300 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2016
- Replaced
- Springdale First School (URN 113702)
- Address
- Springdale Road, Broadstone, BH18 9BW
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources