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Academy sponsor led · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Magna Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 938Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 139711URN

Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8RE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
0.7 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

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594 applications for 171 places · 5th of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
16th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
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
3.5applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

594 applications · 171 places offered · 174 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 3.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 3.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  10. 2017 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.9; 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

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 20261715943.51741.02
Sep 20251764822.71540.88
Sep 20241554663.01330.86
Sep 20231785873.31700.96
Sep 20221736053.52191.27
Sep 20211785823.31750.98
Sep 20201774142.31310.74
Sep 20191804292.41540.86
Sep 20181804222.31600.89
Sep 20171784512.52081.17
Sep 20161774382.51760.99
Sep 20151582931.91270.80
Sep 20141342561.91020.76

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.216th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%16th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.09
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16745.244%67%–
2024/2517544.341%66%–
2023/2417544.938%61%−0.09
2022/2317640.831%55%−0.26

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

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  • Strong standard
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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139711 · 839/4001
Trust
Aspirations Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 938 on roll
Free school meals
25.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2013
Replaced
Ashdown Technology College (URN 113867)
Address
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8RE
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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