Mudeford Community Infants' School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

0.771 miles

Published by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 16 April 2024

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Mudeford Community Infants' School is a primary school in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2024 entry.

Mudeford Community Infants' School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2024	0.771 mi
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2018	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2016	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2015	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.771 miles from the school, and the 2024 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
Of 9 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2024 last distance, this one's 0.771 miles was the 3rd shortest; the middle figure was 1.01 miles.
Reception 2026 entry had 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
10.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Queen's Road, Mudeford, Queens Road Christchurch, Christchurch, BH23 3HH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 176 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 19 June 2024

Strengths

“Pupils are happy and safe at this inclusive school.”
“The ‘community rules’ sit at the school’s heart.”
“Children in Reception learn routines quickly.”

To improve

“However, the school’s work to deepen pupils’ knowledge when they are ready is at an earlier stage.”
“However, there are occasions when staff do not adapt their teaching to address misconceptions when they arise within sequences of work or lessons.”
“However, there are occasions within sequences of work when teaching does not prioritise pupil’s individualised targets astutely.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Mudeford Junior School 0.3 mi Good
Somerford Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
The Priory Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Katharine's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Christchurch Infant School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Christchurch Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
Burton Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published