Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 May 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2025, every applicant was offered a place; 0 of the 14 other Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2025 outcome also did so.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 12, against a middle figure of 22.3 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset.
- 8.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset is 12.5%.
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
- Wimborne St Giles, Wimborne, BH21 5LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 70 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 May 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders’ vision that ‘Together We Grow: Together We Give’ is realised in a community that extends beyond a homely school building.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school, describing it as ‘one big family’.”
- “Parents say they send their children here because it is safe and ‘children thrive’.”
To improve
- “However, some staff do not address pupils’ misunderstandings quickly enough.”
- “As a result, pupils make repeated mistakes.”
- “This limits their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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.
- Cranborne Church of England First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Trinity Church of England First School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery 3.9 mi School remains Good
- Verwood Church of England First School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillside Community First School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Witchampton Church of England First School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St James Church of England First School 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published