Poole school catchment areas

You can view our school catchment area maps.

Living within a school’s catchment area does not guarantee that all children within that area will be offered a place at the catchment school.

Schools are not allowed to reserve places for pupils who may move into the area after it has filled to its published admission number.

You should not assume that your home is in the catchment area of the school that is nearest to your home address. Some schools do not have a catchment area.

If you are considering moving to or within Poole we recommend that prior to purchasing or renting a property, you check with our school admissions team about the availability of school places.

You should not take information given out by estate agents or any third party as to the catchment area school for a particular road or address as being in any way accurate.

If you are in any doubt about the catchment area school for a particular property, please use our search facility or contact our school admissions team by:

• email: school.admissions@poole.gov.uk
  
• telephone: 01202 127 963
  

Catchment area maps

• Baden Powell and St Peters Junior School
  
• Bayside Academy
  
• Bearwood Primary and Nursery School
  
• Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Local Authority Catchment Map
  
• Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Primary School Parish Catchment Map 
• Broadstone First School
  
• Broadstone Middle School
  
• Carter Community School (for 2018/2019 only)
• Corfe Hills School
  
• Courthill School
  
• Heatherlands Primary School
  
• Hillbourne Primary School
  
• Lilliput CE Infant School
  
• Livingstone Road Infant School
  
• Livingstone Road Junior School
  
• Longfleet CE Primary School
  
• Manorside Academy
  
• Merley First School
  
• Oakdale Junior School
  
• Old Town Infant School and Nursery
  
• Parkstone Grammar School (from September 2019 onwards)
  
• Poole Grammar School (from September 2019 onwards)
  
• Poole High School
  
• Poole High School (from September 2021 onwards)
• Springdale First School
  
• St Aldhelms Academy 
• Talbot Primary School
  

Schools without a catchment area

• Ad Astra Infant School
  
• Canford Heath Infant School
  
• Canford Heath Junior School
• Carter Community School (from 2019/2020 onwards)    
• Hamworthy Park Junior School
  
• Haymoor Junior School
  
• Magna Academy Poole
  
• Ocean Academy Poole
  
• Parkstone Grammar School (only for 2018/19, catchment area introduced for 2019/20 onwards)
  
• Poole Grammar School (only for 2018/19, catchment area introduced for 2019/20 onwards)
  
• Stanley Green Infant Academy
  
• St Edward’s RC CE Secondary School
  
• St Joseph’s Primary School
  
• St Mary’s Primary School
  
• Twin Sails Infant School
  

To find out how the admissions policies for these schools work, read the:

• admissions policies 2018/2019
  
• admissions policies 2019/2020