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St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
St Clement's Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth BH1 4DZ · stclementsandstjohns.co.uk · 01202 393570
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 177
- 66% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Free school meals
- 39%
- First language not English
- 58.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 41 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 41 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 70 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 53 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113839), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
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 Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113839)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 45
- 19% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 56% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied