Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
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
- 3 July 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 4 March 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Parley First School, URN 113682
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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 entry135 applications · 58 places offered · 66 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.5; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 2.3; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Parley First School (URN 113682), 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 | 58 | 135 | 2.3 | 66 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 125 | 2.1 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 149 | 2.5 | 79 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 127 | 2.1 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 130 | 2.2 | 62 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 * | 59 | 135 | 2.3 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2019 * | 59 | 124 | 2.1 | 73 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 143 | 2.4 | 79 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 130 | 2.2 | 66 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 113 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 59 | 117 | 2.0 | 51 | 0.86 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Parley First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place
- 1.1 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.7applications per place
- 2.3 km · DorsetNot yet inspected3.4applications per place
- 2.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20224.0applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · Dorset20262.0applications per place
- 3.7 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20233.0applications per place 77%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
- 148162 · 838/2045
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 313 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 January 2021
- Replaced
- Parley First School (URN 113682)
- Address
- Glenmoor Road, Ferndown, BH22 8QE
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources