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Montacute School

URN
137286
Phase
Not applicable
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Montacute School
URN
137286
Phase
Not applicable
Gender
Mixed
Age range
2-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

38 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

10

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

—

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

90

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Competition not available
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
18 May 2023
Inspection date
29 March 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 18 May 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Admissions information is not currently available for this school.

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
School website
www.montacute.poole.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

0.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

0.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

0.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

0.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

BH17 9NG - 3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, Dorset

Contact details

Address
3 Canford Heath Road, Poole, Dorset
Postcode
BH17 9NG
Phone
1202693239
Website
www.montacute.poole.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Local authority code
839

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 125 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Authority statistics

Total schools

125

Open schools

117

Closed schools

8

Primary schools

68

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    18 May 202329 March 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 18 May 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      18 May 2023
      Inspected
      29 March 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    Not published

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    Not published

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    Not published

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    Not published

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    Not published

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    Not published

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    Not published

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary68 (54.4%)
    • Secondary23 (18.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other34 (27.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Montacute School0 mNot applicableClosed
    Poole Grammar School421 mSecondaryClosed
    Poole Grammar School421 mSecondaryOpen
    Parkstone Grammar School686 mSecondaryClosed
    Parkstone Grammar School686 mSecondaryOpen
    Hillbourne Primary School816 mPrimaryOpen
    Hillbourne Primary School816 mPrimaryClosed
    Hillbourne Community First School and Nursery892 mPrimaryClosed
    Hillbourne Community Middle School908 mMiddle deemed primaryClosed
    Haymoor Junior School1.0 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Montacute School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Poole Grammar School
      Distance
      421 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Poole Grammar School
      Distance
      421 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Parkstone Grammar School
      Distance
      686 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Not applicable) and local authority (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Arts University BournemouthNot applicableBH12 5HHOpen
    Bournemouth Christian SchoolNot applicableBH2 6NAClosed
    Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory SchoolNot applicableBH14 9JYOpen
    Bournemouth Collegiate SchoolNot applicableBH5 2DYOpen
    Bournemouth UniversityNot applicableBH12 5BBOpen
    • Arts University Bournemouth
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      BH12 5HH
      Status
      Open
    • Bournemouth Christian School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      BH2 6NA
      Status
      Closed
    • Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      BH14 9JY
      Status
      Open
    • Bournemouth Collegiate School
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Postcode
      BH5 2DY
      Status
      Open
    Parkstone Grammar School
    Distance
    686 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Hillbourne Primary School
    Distance
    816 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Hillbourne Primary School
    Distance
    816 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hillbourne Community First School and Nursery
    Distance
    892 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hillbourne Community Middle School
    Distance
    908 m
    Phase
    Middle deemed primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Haymoor Junior School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Bournemouth University
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Postcode
    BH12 5BB
    Status
    Open