Living in Wimborne with children
Wimborne, Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
22 schools: 15 state primary, 5 state secondary, 2 privateWimborne on the schools map →Every school in Wimborne, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (15)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colehill First School | Good | — | 1.021 miles (2026) |
| Cranborne Church of England First School | Good | — | — |
| Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School | — | — | — |
| Hayeswood First School | Good | — | 0.811 miles (2026) |
| Henbury View First School | Good | — | 3.471 miles (2026) |
| Merley First School | Good | — | — |
| Pamphill Church of England First School | Good | — | 4.558 miles (2026) |
| Rushcombe First School | Outstanding | — | 0.518 miles (2026) |
| St James Church of England First School | Good | — | 3.551 miles (2026) |
| St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne | Good | — | — |
| Sturminster Marshall First School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
| Wimborne First School and Nursery | Good | — | 1.13 miles (2026) |
| Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery | School remains Good | — | — |
| Witchampton Church of England First School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth's School | Requires improvement | (10/19) in Dorset | — |
| Allenbourn Middle School | Good | — | — |
| Cranborne Middle School | Some aspects not as strong | — | — |
| Lockyer's Middle School | Good | — | — |
| St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill | School remains Good | — | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canford School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/3) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | — |
| Dumpton School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Wimborne yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Wimborne →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 94%, on average across the 1,297 postcodes in BH21. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 16 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 19 in Dorset.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Dorset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Dorset · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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