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Ad Astra Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Sherborn Crescent, Canford Heath, Poole BH17 8AP · adastra.poole.sch.uk · 01202 602113
On the mapSearch near BH17 8AP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 3.08 mi
- 4.95 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Category 6 · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 257
- 95% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- First language not English
- 12.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Teach Poole
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered under “Category 6” went to a home 3.08 mi (4.95 km) from the school. Source: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 76 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 | 76 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 79 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 75 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Category 6 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 3.08 mi4.95 km | |
The document prints no unit; miles, as BCP's Year 7 summary for the same year.
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ad Astra Infant School on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Dec 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113742), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 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 Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113742)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 61
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied