Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
2.000 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 17 April 2023
2015–2020 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 5–9 (academy converter). Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2023 entry.
Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 2023 | 2.000 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2023 the last child offered a Reception place lived 2.000 miles away, the shortest of the 4 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2023 last distance.
- The 2023 Reception distance was further than in 2020 and about the same as in 2015, with sharp swings between some years, the biggest from 2016 to 2017.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 17 offers, 0.8 per offer and the 6th lowest of 116 Dorset primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Hampreston Village, Wimborne, BH21 7LX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 14 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 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parley First School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Hayeswood First School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Colehill First School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakhurst Community First School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published