Highcliffe St Mark Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

ChristchurchConstituency

BH23 5AZPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highcliffe St Mark Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 651 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

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: 67%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

651

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 651
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
1 Oct 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
28 Nov 2013	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.