Cranborne Church of England First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2017
4.368 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 18 April 2017
Cranborne Church of England First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 entry.
Cranborne Church of England 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 2017 | 4.368 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2017 the last child offered a place lived 4.368 miles away, the longest of the 4 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2017 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception 2026, 3 of the 29 applications (10%) came from families living outside Dorset, and 1 offer went to them.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 16.4% of pupils, above the middle figure of 11.4% 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
- Water Street, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5QB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 73 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 12 October 2023
Strengths
- “They enjoy warm relationships with each other and with staff.”
- “Pupils are polite and know the school’s distinctive values ‘love, learn, fly’ well.”
- “They enjoy earning ‘star’ awards when they demonstrate these values.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, a small minority of older pupils do not live up to the school’s expectations.”
- “This hinders their learning and sometimes that of others.”
- “However, at times, older pupils do not develop detailed subject knowledge and skills because assessment does not check closely what they know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Trinity Church of England First School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hillside Community First School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Verwood Church of England First School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt 4.0 mi School remains Good
- Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery 4.6 mi School remains Good
- Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England First School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published