Sopley Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Christchurch, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.41 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sopley Primary School is a primary school in Christchurch, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2024. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Sopley Primary 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 2026 | 5.41 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 5.41 miles away, the 7th longest of 88 Hampshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.41 miles).
- The Reception last distance for 2026 was further than in 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers; 19 of the 36 applications (53%) came from families outside Hampshire, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- South Ripley, Bransgore, Christchurch, BH23 8ET
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2024
Strengths
- “The staff have created a real sense of community in this caring school.”
- “Pupils show kindness and respect towards one another and adults.”
- “Older pupils look after younger ones at different times in the school day, acting as their ‘buddy’.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that pupils remember what they have been taught beforehand.”
- “In these subjects, pupils sometimes struggle to recall aspects of their prior learning.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 38% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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 Hampshire.
- Bransgore Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ringwood Junior School 4.0 mi Improved significantly
- Ringwood Church of England Infant School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burley Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Poulner Infant School and Nursery 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Poulner Junior School 5.0 mi Standards maintained
- New Milton Junior School 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- New Milton Infant School 5.5 mi Good Last distance published