Wimborne First School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Wimborne First School and Nursery is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 2–9 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Campanula Way, Wimborne, BH21 4FW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “They thrive academically and emotionally.”
- “This is due to warm and caring relationships throughout.”
To improve
- “However, beyond the subject of reading, systems for checking what pupils have learned need further work.”
- “In some subjects, the assessments are too restrictive for pupils to fully show what they know.”
- “On some occasions teachers do not use the assessment information well enough to plan tasks that take into account what pupils can already do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 71 first-preference applications, 59 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Last distance offered for Reception 2016 to 2026, as Dorset published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Pamphill Church of England First School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Colehill First School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayeswood First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushcombe First School 2.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Henbury View First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St James Church of England First School 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published