Hillside Community First School

State-Funded School

hillside-community-first-school-dorset-south-west

South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

North DorsetConstituency

BH31 7HEPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hillside Community First School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–9, located in Dorset, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 221 pupils. Hillside Community First School is part of INITIO LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

221

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 9
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 221
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: INITIO LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 May 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Feb 2011	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.