Schools by area › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole › Mudeford Community Infants' School
Mudeford Community Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Queen's Road, Mudeford, Queens Road Christchurch, Christchurch BH23 3HH · mudefordinf.dorset.sch.uk · 01202 488142
On the mapSearch near BH23 3HH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Last distance offered
- 1.02 mi
- 1.64 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Category 5 · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 176
- 98% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.8%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered under “Category 5” went to a home 1.02 mi (1.64 km) from the school. Source: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 76 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Category 5 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.02 mi1.64 km | |
The document prints no unit; miles, as BCP's Year 7 summary for the same year.
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Mudeford Community Infants' School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Oct 2005Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 66
- 37% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied