Community school · Primary
Christchurch · BH23 3HH · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ages 4–7
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 113736
Somerford Primary School
Community school · Christchurch · BH23 3AS
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
169
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 169 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 46.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 7–11
Status: Open
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Ages 5–11
Status: Open
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Ages 4–11
Status: Open
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Ages 5–7
Status: Open
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Ages 4–11
Status: Open
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Ages 7–11
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Ages 4–11
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 113736
Location
- Address
- Draper Road
- Postcode
- BH23 3AS
- Town
- Christchurch
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- District
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- Boys / girls
- 87 / 82
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 169 / 210 (80%)
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- FSM pupils
- 79
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Frampton
- Telephone
- 01202485436
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-04-28
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 34%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0