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Oakhurst Community First School

PrimaryAges 5–9Academy

West Moors, BH22 0DY · Dorset local authority

West Moors’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

Getting in
27/31
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
173 pupils
83% of its 209 places
Free school meals
21%
21 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Oakhurst Community First School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted report card, April 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • 87% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (27 of 31)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH22 0) sold for a median £390,000; West Moors’s is £375,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Oakhurst Community First School?

87% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

31
families put it first for September 2026
30
places offered
87%
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: 2023 (6), 2026 (4). 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

1.14 per place
85% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.07 per place
94% got their first choice
Oakhurst Community First
1.03 per place
87% got their first choice
0.85 per place
100% got their first choice
0.82 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

175 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
16%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
4.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 54%Boys 46%
Its letter

No letter for Oakhurst Community 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.

Report card, inspection starting April 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, November 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Oakhurst Community First School

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

Home prices in BH22 0, the school’s postcode sector

West Moors property prices →
£390,000
median sale, 390 sales in 36 months · West Moors £375,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025BH22 0West Moors
BH22 0West Moors

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£445K
Semi-detached
£350K
Terraced
£334K
Flat
£161K
BH22 0West Moors

Homes in BH22 0 sell for a little over West Moors’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

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C−Oakhurst Community First Sc…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

West Moors, BH22 0DY

Oakhurst Community First School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Oakhurst Community First School?

For September 2026, 31 families put Oakhurst Community First School first and 27 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.

What is Oakhurst Community First School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (April 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Oakhurst Community First School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH22 0, sold for a median £390,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (390 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; West Moors’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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