King's Park Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · 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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King's Park Academy is a primary school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

King's Park Academy 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

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.
Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 66 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 53 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools.
In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The school has 24.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 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: Ashley Road, Bournemouth, BH1 4NB
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 572 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 29% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.2

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 27 September 2023

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy attending this inclusive school.”
“Typically, children in Reception learn routines quickly.”
“Across the school, pupils learn how to behave well and be respectful to their peers.”

To improve

“Nonetheless, a minority of pupils in key stage 1, who did not learn to read sufficiently well in the recent past, are receiving extra teaching to develop their ability to use phonics to read whole words.”
“Nonetheless, staff know that ensuring the quick recall of mathematical facts remains a top priorty across the school.”
“However, staff sometimes do not adapt teaching sequences sufficiently well.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2023 (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)	56%	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: 53 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 53 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.

St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bethany Church of England Junior School 0.5 mi Good
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Avonwood Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Pokesdown Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
St James' Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Malmesbury Park Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Queen's Park Infant Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published