Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School

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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Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.

Twin Sails Infant and Nursery 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 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

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 35 of the 36 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 81 first-choice applications for 85 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
17.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.1 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: Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4AX
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 320 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 17.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.9

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025

Strengths

“Twin Sails Nursery and Infant School’s mantra of ‘every child, every day, every possibility’ is at the heart of its work.”
“Pupils flourish because of the strong relationships and support they receive from staff.”
“The school has high expectations.”

To improve

“However, the school recognises that more work is needed to ensure pupils can make connections across the subjects they study.”
“This sometimes limits the depth of knowledge pupils gain.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 81 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 81 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.

Hamworthy Park Junior School 0.2 mi Not judged
Old Town Infant School and Nursery 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Bayside Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Oakdale Junior School 1.5 mi Not judged
Longfleet Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Stanley Green Infant Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Ocean Academy Poole 2.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next