Colehill First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.021 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colehill First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 5–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Colehill 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 2026 | 1.021 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.021 miles away, the 7th shortest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.64 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- It has 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Pilford Heath Road, Colehill, Wimborne, BH21 2LZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy an impressive range of experiences that enrich their personal development.”
- “Leaders’ work to develop pupils’ character is exceptional.”
- “Pupils know these values and what they mean well.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, however, leaders have not broken down the knowledge into small enough steps.”
- “Teaching often focuses on completing the final task rather than the specific knowledge.”
- “This means that pupils learn less well in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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 Dorset.
- Hayeswood First School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ferndown First School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pamphill Church of England First School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England First School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parley First School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published