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Christchurch Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Addiscombe Road, Christchurch BH23 2AE · christchurchinf.dorset.sch.uk · 01202 485851
On the mapSearch near BH23 2AE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- 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
- 285
- 79% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
- First language not English
- 4.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Twynham Learning
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, 64 families put the school first and 74 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 | 74 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 81 | 59 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 94 | 79 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 96 | 87 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 96 | 77 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Christchurch Infant School on 30 June 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
- 30 Jun 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 |