Oakhurst Community First School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C68
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ferndown, BH22 0DY
- Distance
- 1.0km away
St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery
Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0JF
Local ranking97th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
184
Capacity
2-9
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 23 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 136
- Boys
- 68 (50%)
- Girls
- 68 (50%)
- Capacity
- 184 (74% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,221/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.8%
- White Other: 7.3%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
86.8%
White British
7.3%
White Other
2.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Station Road
Ferndown, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 142514
- UKPRN
- 10054984
- Establishment No.
- 3055
- Trust
- THE HEATH ACADEMY TRUST
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