Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Canford Heath Infant School
Junior school
Canford Heath Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 60 m away from Canford Heath Infant School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Canford Heath Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 21 March 2023
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Canford Heath Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Canford Heath Junior School
71%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Canford Heath Junior School's resultsCanford Heath Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Canford Heath Infant School is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Reception place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in the year your child starts school. Children leave after Year 2 for a junior school, and its partner is Canford Heath Junior School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Canford Heath Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
100%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
102 responses up to 1 January 2024 · 28% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
100% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
100% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
100% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
65% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
100% agreeCanford Heath Infant School was graded Outstanding at its last Ofsted inspection, on 21 March 2023.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
Canford Heath Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Canford Heath Junior School, 60 m away. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Canford Heath Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Canford Heath Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.