Old Town Infant School and Nursery

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · 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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Old Town Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Old Town Infant School and Nursery 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

Ofsted's latest outcome, on 26 March 2025, was Improved significantly; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 6 are Good and 2 have no current grade.
For Reception 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Free school meal eligibility is 33.7%, with 14.7 pupils per teacher; the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have middle figures of 17.5% and 22.1.

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: Green Road, Poole, BH15 1QB
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 178 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 33.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 14.7

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

Ofsted

Improved significantly Inspected 26 March 2025

Strengths

“Pupils at Old Town Infant School and Nursery blossom.”
“They rise to the high expectations the school has of them.”
“The school is ambitious for every pupil.”

To improve

“The school is unrelenting in its determination to improve attendance for a minority of pupils who miss too much learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 30 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.

Longfleet Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Oakdale Junior School 0.9 mi Not judged
Hamworthy Park Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Ocean Academy Poole 1.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Stanley Green Infant Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School 1.4 mi Standards maintained