Rushcombe First School
Hanham Road, Wimborne, BH21 3PX
313 pupils · 102% of 308 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 30 November 2022, published 30 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.42 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 85 | 169 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 81 | 143 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 70 | 144 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 75 | 154 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 52 | 51 | 121 | 52 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 65 | 142 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 58 | 143 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 69 | 160 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Henbury View First School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Springdale First School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Broadstone First School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Hillbourne Primary School 2.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Merley First School 3.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Upton Infant School 3.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.