Parley First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–9 · Ferndown, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.421 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parley First School is a primary school in Ferndown, Dorset for ages 4–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Parley 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 | 1.421 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 1.421 miles, the 12th shortest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.64 miles.
- In 2026 the Reception last distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2015, after sharp swings, the biggest from 2020 to 2021.
- For Reception 2026 there were 66 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- There are 19.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 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
- Glenmoor Road, Ferndown, BH22 8QE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 313 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Parley First School are kind and respectful.”
- “They are happy at school and feel safe.”
- “They learn how to overcome challenges and resolve their differences.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, leaders have not yet established precisely what pupils need to learn.”
- “The work pupils complete does not always ensure they retain the most important knowledge.”
- “In the early years, a few activities children undertake during ‘continuous provision’ do not match leaders’ intentions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 66 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 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.
- Ferndown First School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakhurst Community First School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hayeswood First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Colehill First School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published