Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 30 November 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry196 applications · 74 places offered · 73 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
- 2025 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2024 2.0; 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 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
- 2020 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
- 2019 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
- 2018 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2017 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2016 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2015 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Dashed bars: as The Grange School (URN 113874), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 74 | 196 | 2.7 | 73 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 75 | 159 | 2.1 | 70 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 91 | 185 | 2.0 | 66 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 77 | 143 | 1.9 | 58 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2022 | 77 | 125 | 1.6 | 35 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2021 | 55 | 70 | 1.3 | 36 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2020 | 63 | 75 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2019 | 53 | 101 | 1.9 | 47 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 82 | 124 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 68 | 143 | 2.1 | 56 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 101 | 181 | 1.8 | 73 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 * | 72 | 164 | 2.3 | 58 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 97 | 160 | 1.7 | 87 | 0.90 |
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.) | 75 | 39.8 | 33% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 79 | 36.3 | 33% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 76 | 44.8 | 53% | 72% | +0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 78 | 36.9 | 35% | 63% | −0.30 |
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
- The Grange SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20243.1applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Good20232.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.7applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20233.1applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · HampshireSerious weaknesses 20261.5applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 6.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20242.2applications per place 72.0Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- 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
- 141378 · 839/4006
- Trust
- Twynham Learning
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 769 pupils · 429 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2015
- Replaced
- The Grange School (URN 113874)
- Address
- Redvers Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AU
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources