Christchurch Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole·BH23 2AE

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Christchurch 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%

64 first choices, 74 places

First choices per place

0.86

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

159

any preference, for 74 places

Applications from another council area

Every child who put Christchurch 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).

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 303
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,026

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Christchurch Junior School Christchurch · 0.0 mi 58.3 The Priory Church of England Primary School Christchurch · 0.6 mi 43.8 Twynham Primary School Christchurch · 0.7 mi 74.3 Stourfield Junior School Bournemouth · 1.1 mi 68.4 St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School Bournemouth · 1.2 mi 57.0 St Katharine's Church of England Primary School Bournemouth · 1.3 mi 63.5 Somerford Primary School Christchurch · 1.4 mi 26.6 Burton Church of England Primary School Christchurch · 1.4 mi 39.1

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

School overview

Christchurch Infant School is a primary school serving Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 303 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Christchurch Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 74 Reception places. There are about 22.3 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. Christchurch Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.