Burton Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

ChristchurchConstituency

BH23 7JYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Burton Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 258 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

94%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

258

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

11%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 258
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
2 Jul 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
18 Mar 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.