Catchment Areas - Schools
A school’s catchment area is a geographical boundary which children have historically attended a school and are used in the admissions process. You should not assume that you live within the catchment area of your local school.
The Borough of Poole is responsible for the catchment areas of all Community and Voluntary Controlled schools. The Governing Body of each of the Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools control its own admission arrangements, including catchment areas.
How to find out what your catchment Community or Voluntary Controlled school is
Use our interactive map service 
to automatically find your catchment school. Use the instructions below:
- Use following link to enter our interactive map service .
- Enter your postcode or address in the appropriate box and click 'Go'.
- Click on your address from the list
- Click on 'Schools'
- Click on 'Find catchment areas for this property' directly underneath 'schools' - the catchment schools for your address will appear below the 'show selection' button.
If you require to know the catchment school for a non Borough of Poole address you will need to contact the local authority for that area, either Dorset County Council or Bournemouth Borough Council .
Individual schools can also tell you whether or not your home address is within it’s catchment area. If you have any doubts about which is your catchment area school you should contact our Admissions Team using the details below.
Catchment areas are reviewed and may change from year to year, so it is important to check if you are not sure.
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