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Queen's Park Infant Academy

PrimaryAges 4–7Academy

Bournemouth, BH8 9PU · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority

Bournemouth’s School Grade A better than 87% of towns in England

Getting in
74/76
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
312 pupils
99% of its 316 places
Free school meals
20%
20 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Queen's Park Infant Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 97% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (74 of 76)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH8 9) sold for a median £400,000; Bournemouth’s is £308,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Queen's Park Infant Academy?

97% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

76
families put it first for September 2026
88
places offered
97%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (33), 2020 (23), 2021 (19), 2025 (27), 2026 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Coastal Learning Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Bournemouth, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.92 per place
52% got their first choice
1.31 per place
74% got their first choice
1.17 per place
84% got their first choice
1.15 per place
86% got their first choice
1.10 per place
83% got their first choice
1.03 per place
98% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Queen's Park Infant
0.86 per place
97% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

336 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
11.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
5.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
38.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Queen's Park Infant Academy

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Queen's Park Infant Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BH8 9, the school’s postcode sector

Bournemouth property prices →
£400,000
median sale, 326 sales in 36 months · Bournemouth £308,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025BH8 9Bournemouth
BH8 9Bournemouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£550K
Semi-detached
£350K
Terraced
£300K
Flat
£200K
BH8 9Bournemouth

Homes in BH8 9 sell for well over Bournemouth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA+B−A+A+B+A−A−C+AACDDB−CAA−A+B+AQueen's Park Infant Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bournemouth, BH8 9PU

Queen's Park Infant Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Queen's Park Infant Academy?

For September 2026, 76 families put Queen's Park Infant Academy first and 74 of them were offered a place; 88 places were offered in all.

What is Queen's Park Infant Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Queen's Park Infant Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH8 9, sold for a median £400,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (326 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bournemouth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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