Hillbourne Primary School

Academy converterPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Kitchener Crescent, Poole, BH17 7HX

Headteacher · Mrs Laura Bennett

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 9 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils204Capacity 420

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 11 February 2025

TrustHamwic Education Trust

Free school meals41.7%

Inspection on 11 February 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

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.

All 23 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered30

Applications59

First choice23

First-choice offers23

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).