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Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School

Primary · Poole · BH14 8UL

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 26 February 2025

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At a glance

718 pupils · 100% of 720 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.6% of pupils
English as additional language
7.2% of pupils
SEN support
6.2% of pupils
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils
Website
www.bpspjunior.co.uk
URN
142974

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.791 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Category 6 (Catchment - Distance)
1.224 miles

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
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.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Kingswood Parks Primary SchoolHull · 223 miles awayGood88%
St Mary's and St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolTeddington · 85 miles awayOutstanding83%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolOxted · 92 miles awayGood72%
Merryhills Primary SchoolEnfield · 102 miles awayNot yet graded90%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPortishead · 63 miles awayOutstanding79%
Loose Primary SchoolMaidstone · 113 miles awayGood74%
Days Lane Primary SchoolSidcup · 102 miles awayGood70%
Rustington Community Primary SchoolLittlehampton · 63 miles awayGood56%
Pitmaston Primary SchoolWorcester · 102 miles awayOutstanding76%
Hartburn Primary SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 266 miles awayGood81%
Kibworth Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 132 miles awayOutstanding77%
Grove Wood Primary SchoolRayleigh · 127 miles awayOutstanding65%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 12% 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

This school£5,463
Typical primary school£6,959

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

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61%62.3%
Social housing4.8%17.1%
Privately rented34.2%20.5%
Detached houses11.3%22.9%
Flats63%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.1%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01015453 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,625 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£401,000598 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£240,000–£640,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (188)£722,000
Semi-detached (77)£496,000
Terraced (75)£425,000
Flat (258)£230,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
52an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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