Primary schools in Poole
27 primary schools in Poole, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Poole in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Poole first 1,246 times for 1,280 places: 0.97 first choices per place. 4 of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.40 miles (Heatherlands Primary School) to 2.69 miles (Lytchett Matravers Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Canford Heath Infant School
- Canford Heath Junior School
- Courthill Infant School
- Hamworthy Park Junior School
- Haymoor Junior School
- Heatherlands Primary School
- Hillbourne Primary School
- Lilliput Church of England Infant School
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School
- Manorside Academy
- Oakdale Junior School
- Ocean Academy Poole
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole
- Stanley Green Infant Academy
- Upton Infant School
- Upton Junior School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole
- Ad Astra Infant School
- Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School
- Livingstone Road Infant School
- Talbot Primary School
- Bayside Academy
- Livingstone Road Junior School
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School
- Longfleet Church of England Primary School
- Old Town Infant School and Nursery
- Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School
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