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Lilliput Church of England Infant School

PrimaryAges 4–7AcademyChurch of England

Poole, BH14 8JX · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority

Poole’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

Getting in
118/132
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
343 pupils
95% of its 360 places
Free school meals
6%
6 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Lilliput Church of England Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 89% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (118 of 132)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH14 8) sold for a median £605,000; Poole’s is £339,975
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Lilliput Church of England Infant School?

89% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

132
families put it first for September 2026
119
places offered
89%
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 (24), 2020 (12), 2021 (19), 2023 (10), 2025 (26), 2026 (14). 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 Poole, September 2026

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

1.48 per place
65% got their first choice
1.12 per place
86% got their first choice
Lilliput CofE Infant
1.11 per place
89% got their first choice
1.03 per place
93% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
98% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

335 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
6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
21.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
2.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Lilliput Church of England Infant School

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.

Graded inspection: Good, July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Lilliput Church of England Infant School

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

Home prices in BH14 8, the school’s postcode sector

Poole property prices →
£605,000
median sale, 507 sales in 36 months · Poole £339,975

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K2010201520202025BH14 8Poole
BH14 8Poole

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£850K
Semi-detached
£545K
Terraced
£476K
Flat
£280K
BH14 8Poole

Homes in BH14 8 sell for well over Poole’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

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+Lilliput Church of England …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Poole, BH14 8JX

Lilliput Church of England Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Lilliput Church of England Infant School?

For September 2026, 132 families put Lilliput Church of England Infant School first and 118 of them were offered a place; 119 places were offered in all.

What is Lilliput Church of England Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2023).

How much do houses cost near Lilliput Church of England Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH14 8, sold for a median £605,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (507 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; Poole’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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