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Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 2–9Academy

Three Legged Cross, BH21 6RF · Dorset local authority

Three Legged Cross’s School Grade A− better than 76% of towns in England

Getting in
9/9
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
84 pupils
56% of its 150 places
Free school meals
19%
19 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 84 pupils for 150 places
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH21 6) sold for a median £410,000; Three Legged Cross’s is £375,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School?

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

9
families put it first for September 2026
12
places offered
100%
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 (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. The Heath Academy 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
83% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
1.03 per place
87% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

102 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
17.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Three Legged Cross First and Nursery 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, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School

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

Home prices in BH21 6, the school’s postcode sector

Three Legged Cross property prices →
£410,000
median sale, 63 sales in 36 months · Three Legged Cross £375,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025BH21 6Three Legged Cross
BH21 6Three Legged Cross

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£450K
Semi-detached
£345K
Terraced
£270K
BH21 6Three Legged Cross

Homes in BH21 6 sell for a little over Three Legged Cross’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 miNBThree Legged Cross First an…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Three Legged Cross, BH21 6RF

Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 9 families put Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 12 places were offered in all.

What is Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH21 6, sold for a median £410,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (63 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; Three Legged Cross’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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