Christchurch Infant School
Christchurch Infant School is a converter academy in Christchurch for boys and girls aged 5 to 7. It has 285 pupils and room for 360. About 9 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Addiscombe Road, Christchurch, BH23 2AE01202 485851christchurchinf.dorset.sch.ukMiss Laura Tobin headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 52 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (26), emotional and mental health (5), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Physical disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 285 | 303 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 9% | 11% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 5% | 8% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.0% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 2.3% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 2.0% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 12.2% | 8.5% | 7.6% | 16.2% | 3.7% | 7.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 7.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Christchurch Infant School, the school this one replaced in September 2024. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christchurch Junior School | Academy | 50 m | 479 | Good 2022 | 70 | Compare |
| The Priory Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 0.6 miles | 198 | Report card 2026 | 14 | Compare |
| Twynham Primary School | Free school | 0.8 miles | 215 | Not inspected | 89 | Compare |
| Stourfield Infant School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 200 | Good 2024 | 74 | Compare |
| Stourfield Junior School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 445 | Not inspected | 78 | Compare |
| St Katharine's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.1 miles | 435 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 1,967 | Good 2023 | 58 | Compare |
| Mudeford Community Infants' School | Council | 1.4 miles | 176 | Good 2024 | 68 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Christchurch Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Christchurch Infant School yet.
How many pupils does Christchurch Infant School have?
285 pupils aged 5 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 79% full.
Is Christchurch Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 52 places were empty in 2024/25 (14% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Christchurch Infant School?
Pupils were in school 95.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 12% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Christchurch Infant School?
The average class had 25.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Addiscombe Road, Christchurch, BH23 2AE
- Telephone
- 01202 485851
- Website
- www.christchurchinf.dorset.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Laura Tobin
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Twynham Learning (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward
- Christchurch Town
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2024 (academy converter)
- URN
- 150991 · LAESTAB 8392241 · UKPRN 10095559
- Formerly
- Christchurch Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.