Bovington Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Wareham, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
0.635 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 19 April 2022
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Bovington Academy is a primary school in Wareham, Dorset for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 entry.
Bovington Academy 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 2022 | 0.635 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2022, the last child offered a place lived 0.635 miles away, the shortest of 8 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance.
- In Reception 2026 there were 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset that have results.
- The school has 17.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.3 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
- Holt Road, Bovington, Wareham, BH20 6LE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Bovington Academy.”
- “Pupils describe their school with pride, especially the warmth and care they receive from staff.”
- “Pupils also care for and respect one another.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the school has been less precise in its planning.”
- “The activities pupils complete, including in the early years, do not always ensure that they achieve what is intended.”
- “Older pupils do not always have a secure understanding of how to work within different subject disciplines.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 71% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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.
- St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wool Church of England Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bere Regis Primary and Preschool 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Frome Valley CofE First School 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School 5.1 mi Not judged
- Puddletown Church of England First School 5.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School 5.6 mi Good
- Milborne St Andrew First School 5.9 mi School remains Good