Highcliffe St Mark Primary School

Foundation schoolPrimaryAges 3–11MixedChurch of England

Greenways, Highcliffe, Christchurch, BH23 5AZ

Headteacher · Mrs Claire Barker

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 8 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils651Capacity 654

OfstedRequires improvementInspected 11 June 2024

TrustChristchurch Learning Partnership and Church of England

Free school meals6.4%

Requires improvement

Graded inspection on 11 June 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

57 of the 68 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered58

Applications117

First choice68

First-choice offers57

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).