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Oakhurst Community First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–9 · Academy
Shaftesbury Road, West Moors, Ferndown BH22 0DY · oakhurstfirst.com · 01202 871577
On the mapSearch near BH22 0DY
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 1.17 mi
- 1.88 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Dorset Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 173
- 83% of 209 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- First language not English
- 5.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.17 mi (1.88 km) from the school. Source: Dorset Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 87% 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 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.17 mi1.88 km | |
The last place was offered to a child in this criterion, at this distance (the council's sheet for the school).
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Oakhurst Community First School on 14 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected 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
- 14 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected 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: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 13% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied