Hillside Community First School
Primary · Verwood · BH31 7HE
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 11 May 2023
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221 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- URN
- 146690
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place43 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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
- 10 May 2023: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Trinity Church of England First School
- Emmanuel Church of England Middle School
- Verwood Church of England First School
- Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School
- St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt
- Cranborne Church of England First School
- Aurora Beeches School
- Cranborne Middle School