Graded inspection · Jul 2024 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 |
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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 entry152 applications · 59 places offered · 71 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 2.4; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; Dorset median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.6; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.0; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Wimborne First School (URN 113679), 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 | 59 | 152 | 2.6 | 71 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 137 | 2.3 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 119 | 2.1 | 54 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 72 | 144 | 2.0 | 72 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 55 | 114 | 2.1 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 * | 72 | 135 | 1.9 | 53 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2020 * | 48 | 113 | 2.4 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 47 | 110 | 2.3 | 41 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 54 | 138 | 2.6 | 40 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2017 * | 44 | 132 | 3.0 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 136 | 2.3 | 51 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 * | 52 | 130 | 2.5 | 49 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 49 | 113 | 2.3 | 37 | 0.76 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Wimborne First School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.6applications per place
- 0.9 km · DorsetGood20232.0applications per place
- 1.5 km · DorsetGood20233.3applications per place
- 2.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20232.0applications per place
- 2.8 km · DorsetGood20234.0applications per place
- 2.8 km · DorsetGood20232.9applications per place
- 4.3 km · DorsetOutstanding20222.8applications per place
- 4.4 km · DorsetGood20234.5applications per place
- 4.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.7applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148464 · 838/2040
- Capacity
- 308 pupils · 400 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 May 2021
- Replaced
- Wimborne First School (URN 113679)
- Address
- Campanula Way, Wimborne, BH21 4FW
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources