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Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

Primary · Wimborne · BH21 7LX

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 15 September 2026 · report published 13 October 2026

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At a glance

134 pupils · 89% of 150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–9
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hamprestonfirstschool.com/
URN
150992

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.82 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Dorset 88%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Dorset 3%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Dorset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Dorset 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Dorset 0%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Dorset 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Dorset: 2.92 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

64% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 36% 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)

27.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 19.2 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 £43,673; 14.3% 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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health54%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.7%62.3%
Social housing7.6%17.1%
Privately rented8.6%20.5%
Detached houses63.8%22.9%
Flats3.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms48.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034373 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£510,00010 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£442,500–£649,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£553,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
4an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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