Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 17 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry129 applications · 55 places offered · 53 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2025 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2023 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2022 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2021 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2020 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2019 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2018 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2017 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5
- 2016 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as Sylvan Infant School (URN 113692), 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 | 55 | 129 | 2.4 | 53 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 52 | 115 | 2.2 | 48 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 134 | 2.2 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 135 | 2.3 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 135 | 2.3 | 69 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 67 | 128 | 1.9 | 62 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 74 | 115 | 1.6 | 60 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 83 | 122 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2018 | 107 | 147 | 1.4 | 60 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2017 | 59 | 127 | 2.2 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 * | 126 | 149 | 1.2 | 88 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2015 * | 112 | 133 | 1.2 | 62 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2014 * | 131 | 152 | 1.2 | 77 | 0.59 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Livingstone Road Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.4applications per place
- 0.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole202652%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20232.8applications per place
- 1.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20222.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20222.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good · improving202468%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained202573%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 58%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
- 144554 · 839/2162
- Capacity
- 450 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Sylvan Infant School (URN 113692)
- Address
- Livingstone Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 3DT
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources