Broadstone First School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–9 · Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

Every applicant was offered a place

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

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Broadstone First School is a primary school in Broadstone, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 September 2023. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2024 entry.

Broadstone First 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass

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

What the figures show

Every applicant for Reception 2024 was offered a place, as at 5 of the 14 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2024 outcome.
In 2023, the 1 earlier year with a published Reception outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
There were 49 first-choice applications for 59 offers in 2026 Reception entry; 40 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
9.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.7% 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: Tudor Road, Broadstone, BH18 8AA
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–9
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 305 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 12 September 2023

Strengths

“Broadstone First School is a special place to learn.”
“The school has high expectations of what everyone can achieve.”
“Parents are highly positive about the school.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects across the wider curriculum, pupils struggle to recall knowledge in depth beyond what they are currently learning.”
“For example, in geography, not all key knowledge that has been identified in the curriculum has actually been fully taught.”
“As a result, pupils do not gain the depth of prior knowledge to make connections to new learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 49 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 40 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.

Springdale First School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hillbourne Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ad Astra Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Haymoor Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
Merley First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Canford Heath Junior School 1.9 mi School remains Good
Canford Heath Infant School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Stanley Green Infant Academy 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published