Henbury View First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.471 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Henbury View First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 5–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Henbury View First 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 | 3.471 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 3.471 miles away, the 7th longest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 22 offers went to first-choice families and 14 first-choice families (39%) were not offered a place.
- 28 of the 136 Reception applications in 2026 (21%) came from families living outside Dorset; 4 offers went to them.
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
- Hillside Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, BH21 3TR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “The child is at the heart of this inclusive school.”
- “The mantra that ‘every child matters, every moment counts’ shines through.”
- “Pupils flourish at this school and are proud to be part of it.”
To improve
- “However, the school is aware that pupils’ writing is not as well developed across the curriculum.”
- “As a result, pupils do not demonstrate through their written work the depth of subject knowledge they have learned.”
- “Over time, governors had not held school leaders accountable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 22 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.
- Rushcombe First School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Upton Infant School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Upton Junior School 2.3 mi Good
- Pamphill Church of England First School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Sturminster Marshall First School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 2.9 mi Good Last distance published