Old Town Infant School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

PooleConstituency

BH15 1QBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Old Town Infant School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 178 pupils. Old Town Infant School and Nursery is part of COASTAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

68%

Asian

15%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

178

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

43%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 178
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: COASTAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025. 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
10 Sept 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.