Somerford Primary School is a primary school located in Christchurch. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/03/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in reading is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Draper Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AS
Website: http://www.somerford.dorset.sch.uk
Telephone: 01202485436
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Helen Frampton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113736

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/03/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 300
Number of Pupils: 257
Number of Boys: 133
Number of Girls: 124

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -3.7 Confidence interval -5.3 to -2
Writing
Average: -1 Confidence interval -2.5 to 0.6
Maths
Below Average: -2 Confidence interval -3.4 to -0.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:52%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Somerford Primary School
Draper Road, BH23 3AS 		0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Mudeford Community Infants' School
Queen's Road, Mudeford BH23 3HH 		556 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Mudeford Junior School
Mudeford Lane, Mudeford BH23 3HP 		786 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch
Dorset Road, Somerford BH23 3DA 		937 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
2out of 4The Priory Church of England Primary School
Wick Lane, BH23 1HX 		1,958 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
1out of 4The Grange School
Redvers Road, BH23 3AU 		299 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Twynham School
Sopers Lane, BH23 1JF 		2,286 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Highcliffe School
Parkside, Highcliffe BH23 4QD 		2,669 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Christchurch Learning Centre
29 Stour Road, BH23 1PJ 		2,306 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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