Queen's Park Infant Academy

Queen’s Park Infant Academy continues to provide a good quality of education, with a strong emphasis on pastoral care and a broad curriculum that keeps pupils engaged and happy. The school has established a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and valued, contributing positively to their experiences. Areas such as personal development, well-being, and inclusive practices are notable strengths, with active engagement from both parents and the trust overseeing the school ensuring effective management. The curriculum is ambitious and equips pupils with essential foundational skills, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics, later supporting their transition to junior school.

Strengths

• High-quality pastoral support that helps pupils learn to make friends.
• A broad and engaging curriculum that includes mindfulness, faith education, and big ideas like sustainability.
• Strong leadership and management with effective support from the Coastal Learning Partnership.
• Positive relationships with parents and carers, with high satisfaction rates.
• A commitment to pupil well-being including mental health support.
• Highly inclusive practices that effectively meet the needs of pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching does not always prioritize the needs of pupils who speak English as an additional language.
• Some teaching does not check pupils’ understanding adequately, leading to misconceptions not being addressed swiftly.
• In early years, interactions sometimes lack precision in modeling and extending children's language.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Queen's Park Infant Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.2% of pupils at Queen's Park Infant Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Queen's Park Infant Academy had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.0% of pupils at Queen's Park Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Queen's Park Infant Academy received £7,596 and spent £7,454 for each of its 336 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £41,000 (£123 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Coastal Learning Partnership, income was £6,936 and spending £6,570 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Queen's Park Infant Academy is part of Coastal Learning Partnership, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• St Luke's Church of England Primary School Bournemouth
• St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School Bournemouth
• Bethany Church of England Junior School Bournemouth
• Heathlands Primary Academy Bournemouth
• Heatherlands Primary School Poole
• Courthill Infant School Poole
• Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School Poole
• Lilliput Church of England Infant School Poole
• Longfleet Church of England Primary School Poole
• Oakdale Junior School Poole

What is Queen's Park Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Queen's Park Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Queen's Park Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Queen's Park Infant Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Queen's Park Infant Academy have?

Queen's Park Infant Academy has 312 pupils on roll.

What age range does Queen's Park Infant Academy cover?

Queen's Park Infant Academy for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Queen's Park Infant Academy?

Queen's Park Infant Academy is at East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PU.