Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 15 October 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 7 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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 entry540 applications · 204 places offered · 172 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
- 2025 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2024 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2023 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2022 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2021 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2020 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
- 2019 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2017 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2016 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2015 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2014 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 204 | 540 | 2.7 | 172 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 177 | 409 | 2.3 | 129 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 210 | 443 | 2.1 | 134 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 388 | 1.9 | 127 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2022 | 208 | 329 | 1.6 | 83 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2021 | 245 | 337 | 1.4 | 89 | 0.36 |
| Sep 2020 | 253 | 301 | 1.2 | 69 | 0.27 |
| Sep 2019 | 251 | 347 | 1.4 | 99 | 0.39 |
| Sep 2018 | 191 | 334 | 1.8 | 115 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2017 | 162 | 383 | 2.4 | 127 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 134 | 340 | 2.5 | 97 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 | 147 | 372 | 2.5 | 112 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 180 | 400 | 2.2 | 133 | 0.74 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 173 | 54.0 | 64% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 222 | 53.0 | 62% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 48.7 | 60% | 75% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 132 | 52.1 | 57% | 76% | +0.75 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Avonbourne Girls AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 0.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20233.1applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20242.2applications per place 72.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20242.2applications per place 71.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20243.1applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20243.7applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.0applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138193 · 839/5404
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,538 pupils · 1,160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Address
- Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth, BH7 6NY
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources