Pokesdown Community Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Bournemouth (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole).
KS2 RWM expected
58%
▼ 4pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
76%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
68%
▼ 6pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
85%
▲ 13pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
95.4%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.0
▼ 1.7 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
16.5%
▼ 8pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
99%
417 / 420 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Pokesdown Community Primary School is a primary school located in Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 417 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the POKESDOWN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL. The school is led by Mrs Alison Bayliss.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Cooking
- Dodgeball
- Film Club
- Football
- Lego
- Netball
- Rugby
- Tennis
- Forest School
- White Rose Maths
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Nurturing Schools AwardRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 139453
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record