Stourfield Infant School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Stourfield Infant School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Stourfield Infant 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 drew 61 first-choice applications for 73 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Free school meal eligibility stands at 11.5% of pupils, below the 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: Cranleigh Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 5JS
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 200 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.9

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 20 February 2024

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy learning and are happy at Stourfield Infant School.”
“Adults foster positive relationships with the pupils.”
“They have a trusted adult they can talk to if they have any worries or concerns.”

To improve

“However, assessment in some wider curriculum subjects is not as well developed.”
“Adults do not always have an accurate understanding of what pupils know and can do.”
“In these subjects, the gaps in pupils’ knowledge are not addressed.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 73 offers in total, 61 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.

Stourfield Junior School 0.0 mi Standards maintained
St James' Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Pokesdown Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Avonwood Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Christchurch Junior School 1.0 mi School remains Good
Christchurch Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
The Priory Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published