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Bournemouth School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,290Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136996URN

Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.5 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSelective

392 applications for 180 places · 15th of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
72.0of 90
1st of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 8 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

392 applications · 180 places offered · 239 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

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

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

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 20261803922.22391.33
Sep 20251803782.12381.32
Sep 20241803912.22451.36
Sep 20231793982.22451.37
Sep 20221793832.12611.46
Sep 20211725353.13532.05
Sep 20201793562.02211.23
Sep 20191793812.12381.33
Sep 20181643342.02331.42
Sep 20171663672.22321.40
Sep 20161643572.22341.43
Sep 20151652961.82101.27
Sep 20141622731.72041.26

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

177 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)72.01st of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths95%1st of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.54
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17772.095%100%–
2024/2517772.296%99%–
2023/2417871.795%99%+0.54
2022/2317070.792%100%+0.40

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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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136996 · 839/5405
Trust
Bournemouth School for Girls
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,210 pupils · 1,290 on roll
Free school meals
6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Bournemouth School for Girls (URN 113905)
Address
Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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