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Heatherlands Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 616Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145212URN

Library Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 2BG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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245 applications for 89 places · 22nd of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
58%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2022

Inspection history

  1. 30 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
close to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

245 applications · 89 places offered · 92 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 3.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 9 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Heatherlands Primary School (URN 113698), 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 2026892452.8921.03
Sep 2025862152.5830.97
Sep 2024892362.7951.07
Sep 2023892582.91131.27
Sep 2022902592.91021.13
Sep 2021902382.6961.07
Sep 2020902913.21201.33
Sep 2019902753.11241.38
Sep 2018902743.01241.38
Sep 2017 *902492.81151.28
Sep 2016 *902442.7991.10
Sep 2015 *902302.61051.17
Sep 2014 *902362.61211.34

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 74% · Maths 69% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%32nd of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard74%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard74%
Greater depth12%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2558%6%104103
2023/2458%4%103103
2022/2357%1%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145212 · 839/2168
Trust
Coastal Learning Partnership
Capacity
630 pupils · 616 on roll
Free school meals
28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
Heatherlands Primary School (URN 113698)
Address
Library Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 2BG
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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