Pamphill Church of England First School

Academy sponsor led·First school Wimborne, Dorset·BH21 4EE

School type

First school

Ages 5–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Pamphill Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 5–9. 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

86%

14 first choices, 14 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 14 places

Applications from another council area

20%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0720221.2120231.3320240.8920251.002026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Pamphill Church of England 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

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: 5–9
Pupils on roll: 70
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.3%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

11.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,871

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Allenbourn Middle School Wimborne · 1.0 mi 53.5 Lockyer's Middle School Wimborne · 1.8 mi 65.7 St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill Wimborne · 1.9 mi 53.9 Lytchett Matravers Primary School Poole · 4.6 mi 57.0 Upton Junior School Poole · 4.7 mi 32.9 Ferndown Middle School Ferndown · 4.8 mi 30.4 Spetisbury CofE Primary School Blandford Forum · 5.4 mi 67.6 West Moors Middle School Ferndown · 6.0 mi 50.5

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 Pamphill Church of England First School

Pamphill Church of England First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 70 pupils aged 5 to 9 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

86% of the families who made Pamphill Church of England First School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 24.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% 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.