Bearwood Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Last distance offered · Reception 2024

1.097 miles

Published by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 16 April 2024

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Bearwood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2024 entry.

Bearwood Primary 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 2024	1.097 mi
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In 2024 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.097 miles away, the 3rd longest of 9 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published last distance.
The 2024 Reception last distance was further than in 2023; across the 9 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole primary schools with a published last distance, the middle figure was 1.01 miles.
For Reception 2026 there were 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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: Barons Road, Bearwood, Bournemouth, BH11 9UN
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 253 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 26.6

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025

Strengths

“The school has high ambitions for all pupils.”
“Pupils meet these ambitions and achieve in line with national expectations.”
“Beyond the academic, the school encourages pupils to develop their character and resilience, so they are ready for the next stage of their education.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, the curriculum is new or being revised.”
“In these cases, key knowledge has not been identified with the same precision.”
“As a result, some pupils are not clear about what is expected of them.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 March 2025 (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)	46%	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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.

Elm Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Christ The King Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Heathlands Primary Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Kinson Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Manorside Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Merley First School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
Ad Astra Infant School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Kingsleigh Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published