Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Bournemouth
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
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 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 52% to 63%. Maths has improved from 40% to 54%. Writing has declined from 64% to 17%.
Class Sizes
24.3
Avg class size
22.3
Infant (KS1)
26.1
KS2
11
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
82%
Available places
302 pupils
369 capacity
67 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Bournemouth
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Bournemouth
Admissions Demand - Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Places available
3,915
Applications
3,469
Got 1st preference
89.0%
Got preferred school
97.6%
Primary admissions across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.88291%
Overall absence
14.77663%
Persistent absence
291
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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