Hillside Community First School

Type	Primary / Academy converter
Age Range	4-9
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Hillside Road Verwood Dorset BH31 7HE
Reference Number	146690

General Makeup

Number of pupils	212
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 52.36% Girls: 47.64%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	17%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	0.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	26.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	24

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	14	15	29
2	29	18	47
3	25	19	44
4	23	25	48

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	92.9%
White, Other	1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean)	1.4%
Mixed, Other	1.4%
White & Asian	0.5%
African	0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating	As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date	2023-06-28

Date	Description	Report
2023-05-10	School inspection	School inspection
2019-01-08	Academy conversion letter	Academy conversion letter

2016-03-17	Short inspection	Short inspection
2014-03-28	Interim assessment	Interim assessment
2011-01-11	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2008-04-16	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2003-11-03	Full inspection	Full inspection

2016-03-17	Short inspection	Short inspection
2014-03-28	Interim assessment	Interim assessment
2011-01-11	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2008-04-16	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2003-11-03	Full inspection	Full inspection

2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	28	0
Third Preference	8	0
From another Local Authority	2	2

Previous Years

Sample

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Name	Distance
Trinity Church of England First School Coopers Lane, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 7PG	0.37 miles
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School Howe Lane, Verwood, BH31 6JF	0.78 miles
Verwood Church of England First School Howe Lane, Verwood, Dorset, BH31 6JF	0.86 miles
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School Church Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 6RF	1.99 miles
St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt Park Lane, Alderholt, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, SP6 3AJ	2.77 miles
Cranborne Church of England First School Water Street, Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5QB	3.25 miles
Cranborne Middle School Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5RP	3.35 miles
St Ives Primary & Nursery School Sandy Lane, St Ives, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2LE	3.76 miles
St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0JF	3.76 miles
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery Wimborne St Giles, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5LX	4.03 miles
Oakhurst Community First School Shaftesbury Road, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0DY	4.14 miles
West Moors Middle School Heathfield Way, West Moors, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 0DA	4.31 miles
Ringwood Church of England Infant School School Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1LG	4.59 miles
Ringwood Junior School Hightown Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1NH	4.76 miles
Poulner Junior School North Poulner Road, North Poulner, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3LA	4.78 miles
Poulner Infant School and Nursery North Poulner Road, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 3LA	4.84 miles
St James Church of England First School Gaunts Common, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4JN	4.92 miles

Name	Distance
Aurora Beeches School Aurora Boveridge College, Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5RT	3.28 miles
Sheiling School Horton Road, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2EB	3.86 miles
Ringwood Waldorf School Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN	3.91 miles
Moyles Court School Moyles Court, Ringwood, BH24 3NF	4.49 miles
Forres Sandle Manor School Sandle Manor, Fordingbridge, SP6 1NS	4.54 miles
Ringwood School Academy Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1SE	4.6 miles