Stourfield Infant School
Primary · Bournemouth · BH6 5JS
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 20 February 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
200 pupils · 56% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 10.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 21.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.6% of pupils
- Website
- www.stourfieldinfants.com
- URN
- 138815
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.84 first-choice applications per place73 places offered · 61 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 February 2024: Good
- 20 October 2021: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.