Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Bournemouth
Christ The King Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Bournemouth, part of Plymouth Cast. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in May 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 26th-highest of the 27 schools in Bournemouth with published results, and 13,133rd of 14,452 across England. It was 73% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Christ The King Catholic Primary School in detail
Christ The King Catholic Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Christ the King School is a Catholic Primary School Academy - servicing the parish of Holy Family (Christ the King, Kinson & St. Bernadette’s, Ensbury Park) and St. Anthony’s, West Moors."
The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £3.10 per session.
Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 54% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 52% in reading and 40% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Christ The King Catholic Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Christ The King Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 60 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Christ The King Catholic Primary School are Elm Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 87% maths); Kinson Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 68% maths); Heathlands Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 46% reading, 46% maths); and Kingsleigh Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 72% reading, 68% maths).
Christ The King Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Elm AcademyKinson AcademyHeathlands Primary AcademyKingsleigh Primary School
The trust
Christ The King Catholic Primary School is one of 34 schools run by Plymouth Cast, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Christ The King Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 58% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (89%); the weakest, that they would recommend the school (58%).
Who goes there
In 2026, 38 pupils (12.6%) received SEN support and 25 (8.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Branksome Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Anstey Close (sw-bound), 160 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Christ The King Catholic Primary School issued 5 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Christ The King Catholic Primary School are LeAF Studio (0.4 miles), Oak Academy (0.5 miles) and The Bourne Academy (0.9 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoThis judgement is from December 2019, 6 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's May 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Christ The King provides a warm, inclusive environment where children feel valued and safe. The school excels at supporting children's personal development and behaviour, with pupils taking active responsibility in their community. Reading is a strength in early years, with staff providing precise support to help all children become confident, fluent readers.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development programme that helps pupils understand their moral responsibility to respect differences
- Effective behaviour management with pupils making positive choices and improved attendance rates
- Inclusive relationships based on nurture with dedicated pastoral support including 'Rainbow room' and 'Nurture nest'
- Strong focus on reading with pupils developing confidence as fluent readers in early years
- Pupils engage in meaningful enrichment activities and civic responsibilities
Areas for Improvement
- Curriculum is not routinely implemented well across all subjects, with inconsistent teaching quality
- Assessment does not effectively identify gaps in pupils' knowledge, so teachers move pupils on without addressing misconceptions
- Staff lack sufficient subject and pedagogical knowledge to deliver the new curriculum as intended
- Early years provision lacks sufficient deliberately planned opportunities for children to build knowledge and skills
- Upper key stage 2 reading outcomes remain disappointing despite early reading success
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with leaders maintaining an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Choir, football, planetarium visits, Christmas dinner for local community, school council fundraising events, bedtime story initiatives
Christ The King Catholic Primary is a welcoming school with a distinctive Catholic ethos centred on nurture and respect, where pupils behave well and feel safe. However, the quality of education requires improvement as the school's newly overhauled curriculum is not yet being implemented consistently well across all areas.
At a Glance
17.5%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
36 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 52% to 63% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 40% to 54% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 64% to 17% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
25.5
Avg class size
25.0
KS2
6
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Christ The King Catholic Primary School.
- SC Elm480m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Christ The King Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Christ The King Catholic Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Christ The King Catholic Primary School is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; for families living there:
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is 24 (the median across 117 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
73%
Available places
308 pupils
420 places
112 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Bournemouth
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bournemouth
Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council
Places available
3,809
Applications
3,148
Got 1st preference
92.2%
Got preferred school
99.3%
All primary applications across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
38
SEN Support
25
EHC Plans
20.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
302
Total Pupils
161
Boys
141
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
15
Teachers
20.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,146
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,507
Per pupil
£1897k
Total funding
£86k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.9%
Overall absence
14.8%
Persistent absence
291
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about Christ The King Catholic Primary School
What are SATs results like at Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Of the pupils at Christ The King Catholic Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 63% reached the expected standard in reading and 54% did so in maths.
What is Christ The King Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Christ The King Catholic Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in May 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Christ The King Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Christ The King Catholic Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 73% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Classes at Christ The King Catholic Primary School average 25.5 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Christ The King Catholic Primary School has around 302 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
5.9% of sessions were missed at Christ The King Catholic Primary School in 2024/25. 14.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's coordinated admissions process, naming Christ The King Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Christ The King Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Christ The King Catholic Primary School: SC Elm (480m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 4 serious and 7 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is 24 (the median across 117 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Christ The King Catholic Primary School?
Christ The King Catholic Primary School is at Durdells Avenue, Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH11 9EH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)