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Hillbourne Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 204Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 148926URN

Kitchener Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.6 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

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59 applications for 30 places · 46th of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
70%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 11 February 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionGood

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

59 applications · 30 places offered · 23 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Hillbourne Primary School (URN 134892), 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 202630592.0230.77
Sep 202522522.4190.86
Sep 202429551.9280.97
Sep 202337521.4280.76
Sep 2022 *30481.6270.90
Sep 2021 *33331.0220.67
Sep 2020 *35451.3240.69
Sep 2019 *25441.8240.96
Sep 2018 *33431.3260.79
Sep 2017 *33461.4320.97
Sep 2016 *50561.1330.66
Sep 2015 *51591.2340.67
Sep 2014 *50481.0310.62

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 90% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%15th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard90%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard73%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2570%3%104104
2023/2459%0%104102
2022/2356%8%105105

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

Schools nearby

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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
148926 · 839/3614
Trust
Hamwic Education Trust
Capacity
420 pupils · 204 on roll
Free school meals
41.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2022
Replaced
Hillbourne Primary School (URN 134892)
Address
Kitchener Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HX
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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