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Twynham School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,651Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136649URN

Sopers Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1JF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.4 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

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634 applications for 206 places · 9th of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.4of 90
9th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 1 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.1applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

634 applications · 206 places offered · 192 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  13. 2014 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262066343.11920.93
Sep 20252616102.32430.93
Sep 20242557292.92731.07
Sep 20232596952.72611.01
Sep 20222576982.73031.18
Sep 20212597873.03491.35
Sep 20202617672.93431.31
Sep 20192606082.32761.06
Sep 20182606022.32921.12
Sep 20172585812.33011.17
Sep 20162626272.43321.27
Sep 20152605502.13021.16
Sep 20142365772.42841.20

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

259 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.49th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%11th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25948.451%76%–
2024/2525553.562%83%–
2023/2425649.858%79%+0.16
2022/2326049.556%75%+0.23

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136649 · 839/4177
Trust
Twynham Learning
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,650 pupils · 1,651 on roll
Free school meals
18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Twynham School (URN 113873)
Address
Sopers Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1JF
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources