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Kingsleigh Primary School

Primary · Bournemouth · BH10 5HT

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 February 2025

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At a glance

779 pupils · 93% of 840 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.kingsleighprimary.co.uk
URN
142428

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 65 families named it first for 67 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 11 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

67 places offered · 65 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

117 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
58%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school58%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Abbotswood Junior SchoolSouthampton · 21 miles awayGood60%
Ludlow Junior SchoolSouthampton · 25 miles awayGood66%
Minster in Sheppey Primary SchoolSheerness · 126 miles awayStrong standard89%
St Margaret Mary's Catholic Junior SchoolLiverpool · 188 miles awayGood76%
Queenborough School and NurseryQueenborough · 124 miles awayOutstanding85%
Dudley Wood Primary SchoolDudley · 119 miles awayGood65%
Cherry Tree Hill Primary SchoolDerby · 151 miles awayGood64%
Broadstone Hall Primary SchoolStockport · 185 miles awayExpected standard69%
Castle Bromwich Junior SchoolBirmingham · 121 miles awayExpected standard62%
Springfield Primary SchoolSunbury-on-Thames · 79 miles awayGood59%
John Wheeldon Primary AcademyStafford · 143 miles awayGood69%
St Paul's Catholic Junior SchoolLiverpool · 190 miles awayNeeds attention46%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 9%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

14.86 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 3.47 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

85.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,042; 10% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,200
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £494,000; in-year balance +£200,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.4%62.3%
Social housing5%17.1%
Privately rented20.5%20.5%
Detached houses60.6%22.9%
Flats13.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015336 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£325,000413 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£381,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (245)£362,000
Semi-detached (92)£305,000
Terraced (41)£300,000
Flat (35)£192,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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