Manorside Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Poole, 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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Manorside Academy is a primary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Manorside 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

Reception 2026 had 51 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
31.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.1% 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: Evering Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4JG
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 413 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 31.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.1

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to be members of this school.”
“They are happy to attend school every day.”
“Pupils feel safe in their school because staff listen to them.”

To improve

“On occasion, the choice of activities does not match the intended learning outcome as well as it could.”
“Some teaching does not always check pupils’ understanding precisely enough.”
“As a result, misconceptions are not always corrected, and some pupils develop gaps in their knowledge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 September 2025 (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)	58%	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: 51 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 51 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Talbot Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Heathlands Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Livingstone Road Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
Heatherlands Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Livingstone Road Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Mark's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published