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Hillside Community First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Academy
Hillside Road, Verwood BH31 7HE · hillsidefirstschool.org · 01202 822737
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 92% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 15.8%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 43 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 | 43 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 28 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Hillside Community First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 10 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113683), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113683)
Apr 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113683)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 64
- 31% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (17%) with SEND