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Pamphill Church of England First School

PrimaryAges 5–9AcademyChurch of England

near Stone, BH21 4EE · Dorset local authority

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Getting in
12/14
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
67 pupils
89% of its 75 places
Free school meals
9%
9 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Pamphill Church of England First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Stone, the nearest town
  • 86% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (12 of 14)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH21 4) sold for a median £420,000; Stone’s is £0
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Pamphill Church of England First School?

86% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

14
families put it first for September 2026
14
places offered
86%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2022 (3), 2023 (3), 2024 (5), 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. Initio Learning 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

1.42 per place
60% got their first choice
1.20 per place
79% got their first choice
1.20 per place
61% got their first choice
1.13 per place
84% got their first choice
1.10 per place
76% got their first choice
Pamphill CofE First
1.00 per place
86% got their first choice
0.60 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

70 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
12.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Pamphill Church of England 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.

Graded inspection: Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Pamphill Church of England First School

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

Home prices in BH21 4, the school’s postcode sector

Stone property prices →
£420,000
median sale, 215 sales in 36 months

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025BH21 4
BH21 4Stone

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£550K
Semi-detached
£385K
Terraced
£326K
Flat
£210K
BH21 4Stone

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

4 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+CPamphill Church of England …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Stone, BH21 4EE

Pamphill Church of England First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Pamphill Church of England First School?

For September 2026, 14 families put Pamphill Church of England First School first and 12 of them were offered a place; 14 places were offered in all.

What is Pamphill Church of England First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Pamphill Church of England First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH21 4, sold for a median £420,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (215 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; Stone’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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