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Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

PrimaryAges 5–9AcademyChurch of England

near Ferndown, BH21 7LX · Dorset local authority

Ferndown’s School Grade C− better than 18% of towns in England

Getting in
14/14
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
134 pupils
89% of its 150 places
Free school meals
12%
12 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 12% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Ferndown, the nearest town
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (14 of 14)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH21 7) sold for a median £575,000; Ferndown’s is £400,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

14
families put it first for September 2026
17
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (8), 2023 (1). 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. Hamwic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Dorset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.20 per place
75% got their first choice
1.14 per place
85% got their first choice
1.13 per place
85% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.85 per place
100% got their first choice
Hampreston CofE First
0.82 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

135 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
10.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 53%Boys 47%
Its letter

No letter for Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

A first or lower school: pupils move on 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.

Not inspected yet (a new school, or one that changed status recently).

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School

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

Home prices in BH21 7, the school’s postcode sector

Ferndown property prices →
£575,000
median sale, 84 sales in 36 months · Ferndown £400,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025BH21 7Ferndown
BH21 7Ferndown

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£635K
Semi-detached
£540K
BH21 7Ferndown

Homes in BH21 7 sell for well over Ferndown’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

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−CC−Hampreston Church of Englan…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Ferndown, BH21 7LX

Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School?

For September 2026, 14 families put Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School first and all of them were offered a place; 17 places were offered in all.

How much do houses cost near Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH21 7, sold for a median £575,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (84 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; Ferndown’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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