St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
0.181 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2015–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 5–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2024 entry.
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 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 | 0.181 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024, the last child offered a place lived 0.181 miles away, the shortest of 7 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.97 miles).
- That Reception 2024 distance was nearer the school than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2018 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 22.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9% 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
- St John's Hill, Wimborne, BH21 1BX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “St John’s is a school where ‘love, friendship and forgiveness’ are at the heart of daily life.”
- “They are proud of the responsibility leaders give them to reward each other for showing these values.”
- “Pupils enjoy the many opportunities to play an active role in the local community.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the curriculum tailoring is less successful.”
- “Teaching does not always make accurate use of assessment to match learning to what pupils already know.”
- “Subject leadership in these subjects is not as effective.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 18 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.
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayeswood First School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Colehill First School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Pamphill Church of England First School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rushcombe First School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Henbury View First School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England First School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published