Oakhurst Community First School
Primary · Ferndown · BH22 0DY
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 14 June 2026
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173 pupils · 83% of 209 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 20.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 16% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.oakhurstfirst.com/
- URN
- 142500
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.03 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school
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
- 14 April 2026: Expected standard
- 23 November 2021: Good
- 20 November 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.