Somerford Primary School
Draper Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Helen Frampton
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- URN
- 113736
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01202485436
About this school
Somerford Primary School is a community primary school in Christchurch. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 169 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 49 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 34% | 45% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% | 59% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 57% | 57% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 51% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Somerford Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 59% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 216 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 165 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Somerford Primary School compares
Somerford Primary School ranked 49th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 6.5% | 49.7% | 169 | — |
| Mudeford Community Infants' School | — | 3.8% | 13.8% | 176 | 0.3 miles |
| Mudeford Junior School | 82% | 4.3% | 19.5% | 255 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch | 74% | 7.1% | 33.5% | 199 | 0.5 miles |
| The Priory Church of England Primary School | 62% | 6.4% | 10.3% | 198 | 1.1 miles |
| Christchurch Infant School | — | 5% | 11.2% | 285 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report28 April 2026
- 16 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.7%
- English as an additional language
- 9.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.51%
- Persistent absence
- 20.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mudeford Community Infants' School0.3 miles
Primary · Christchurch
-
Mudeford Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Christchurch
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch0.5 miles
Primary · Christchurch
-
The Priory Church of England Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Christchurch
-
Christchurch Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Christchurch
Other schools in Christchurch
Somerford Primary School ranks 9th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Christchurch.
- Bransgore Church of England Primary School Primary
- Burton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Christchurch Infant School Primary
- Christchurch Junior School Primary
- Highcliffe St Mark Primary School Primary
- Mudeford Community Infants' School Primary
- Mudeford Junior School Primary
- Sopley Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch Primary
- The Priory Church of England Primary School Primary
- Twynham Primary School Primary
- Highcliffe School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Somerford Primary School teach?
- Somerford Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Christchurch.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Somerford Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Somerford Primary School is Mrs Helen Frampton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Somerford Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Somerford Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Somerford Primary School?
- Somerford Primary School has 169 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Somerford Primary School full?
- Somerford Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 169 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Somerford Primary School a faith school?
- No. Somerford Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Somerford Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Somerford Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Somerford Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 34% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Somerford Primary School rank locally?
- Somerford Primary School ranked 49th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Somerford Primary School's absence rate?
- Somerford Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Somerford Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Somerford Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.