Rushcombe First School

Community school·First school Wimborne, Dorset·BH21 3PX

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Rushcombe First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

60%

85 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.42

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

169

any preference, for 60 places

Applications from another council area

30%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07

00.511.52

1 per place

0.9820221.2520231.1720241.3520251.422026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Rushcombe First School yet. Dorset does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 314
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

6.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,073

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Lockyer's Middle School Wimborne · 0.7 mi 65.7 Upton Junior School Poole · 2.2 mi 32.9 Allenbourn Middle School Wimborne · 2.8 mi 53.5 Lytchett Matravers Primary School Poole · 2.9 mi 57.0 St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill Wimborne · 3.7 mi 53.9 Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Wareham · 5.2 mi 40.9 Ferndown Middle School Ferndown · 5.7 mi 30.4 Spetisbury CofE Primary School Blandford Forum · 6.3 mi 67.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Rushcombe First School

Rushcombe First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 314 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted.

Competition for places is real here - 60% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (85 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.