Moordown St John's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · 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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Moordown St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Moordown St John's Church of England Primary 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	Every applicant was offered a place
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

Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but in 1 of the 2 earlier years places ran out and a last distance was published.
Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 59 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Vicarage Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, BH9 2SA
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 424 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.4

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to Moordown St John’s Primary School.”
“Pupils understand how teachers keep them safe and know they can talk to them if they have any worries.”
“Pupils say that their teachers make learning fun.”

To improve

“In a few areas of the curriculum, assessment is less well developed.”
“This means that teachers do not have precise information about how pupils can learn the whole curriculum.”
“When teachers’ expectations are not high enough, pupils’ learning is sometimes disturbed.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 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)	85%	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: 54 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 54 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.

Winton Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Hill View Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Queen's Park Academy 0.9 mi Not judged
St Mark's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Kingsleigh Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Queen's Park Infant Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published