The Epiphany School

About The Epiphany School

The Epiphany School is a Church of England primary in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority, a mixed state school for children aged 4 to 11. In the LA’s primary school rankings, it sits at 33rd out of 50 schools, placing it in the bottom half of local primaries. The top-performing peers in the area are St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School, Winton Primary School, and Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, all of which rank higher on the same metric. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Avonwood Primary School, 3.6 kilometres away. With 419 pupils on roll, the school is operating very close to its capacity of 420, and it is noticeably oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 150 applications for 60 places, with 57 offers going to first-preference families out of 71 first-choice applications. This level of demand suggests the school holds a strong local reputation despite its middling rank.

Academically, the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 confirmed it remains Good, a step down from its previous Outstanding rating in 2011. The 2023 ungraded inspection found that leadership and management remain Good. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just below the LA average of 63%. The school’s strongest individual subject was writing, where 88% reached the expected standard, compared with 73% in maths and 65% in reading. At the higher standard, 7% achieved across all three subjects, with 18% hitting the higher bar in reading, maths and writing individually. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. The school’s ranking on the KS2 expected standard metric places it in the bottom 50 nationally, at 7,960th out of 13,686 primaries, though it sits around the middle of the South West region.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sensory room, chapel, library, ICT suite, music rooms, gymnasium, dining hall, playing fields and an outdoor playground. Sports provision covers football, dance, athletics and rounders, while clubs include book club, coding, drama, science club and choir. The school’s SEND provisions address specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and other difficulties or disabilities. With a low percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals at 4.1%, the school serves a relatively affluent catchment. Given its oversubscription and Good Ofsted rating, The Epiphany School is likely to suit families who value a Church of England ethos and a broad extracurricular offer, but who are also aware that its academic outcomes sit slightly below the local average.

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