Stourfield Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole·BH6 5JS

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Stourfield Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. 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 infant 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

100%

61 first choices, 73 places

First choices per place

0.84

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

159

any preference, for 73 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8420220.9020230.7720240.8520250.842026

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

Every child who put Stourfield Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 221
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

10.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

21.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,471

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Stourfield Junior School Bournemouth · 0.1 mi 68.4 St James' Church of England Primary Academy Bournemouth · 0.7 mi 64.0 Pokesdown Community Primary School Bournemouth · 0.8 mi 55.2 Avonwood Primary School Bournemouth · 0.9 mi 82.6 St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School Bournemouth · 1.0 mi 57.0 Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Bournemouth · 1.1 mi 64.6 Christchurch Junior School Christchurch · 1.1 mi 58.3 The Priory Church of England Primary School Christchurch · 1.3 mi 43.8

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 Stourfield Infant School

Stourfield Infant School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 221 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Stourfield Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 73 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% 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.