Poulner Junior School

Primary · state · ages 7–11 · 265 pupils · BH24 3LA

UngradedOfstedInspected Nov 2024

8%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

68%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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23% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Its infant school (Reception to Year 2): Poulner Infant School and Nursery

Ofsted: Standards maintained at an ungraded inspection

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths68% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths8% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)61% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 105, maths 104.

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Poulner Infant School and Nursery, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Poulner Infant School and Nursery, Reception in September 2026: 57 families put it first for 58 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.

Sports facilities on site

Swimming pool (11 m), sports hall (4 courts), 2 football pitches, 1 rugby pitch.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£7,122spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

75%of spending on staff, 47% on teachers

£74krevenue reserve (3.9% of a year's income)

£29ksurplus in the year

Income £1.9m, spending £1.9m (April 2025 to March 2026, 265 pupils).

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
The DfE publishes applications figures only for entry to Reception and Year 7, and a junior school takes pupils at Year 3. The council's admissions team publishes how many applied and the furthest distance offered.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence.

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How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Poulner Infant School and Nursery, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Poulner Infant School and Nursery, Reception in September 2026: 57 families put it first for 58 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.