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Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole BH15 4AX · hamworthyprimaryschools.co.uk · 01202 672377
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 320
- 89% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- First language not English
- 13.1%
- 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, 81 families put the school first and 85 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 | 85 | 81 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 88 | 84 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 108 | 106 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 96 | 91 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 117 | 116 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 59
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied