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Bayside Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 180Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 145496URN

Turlin Road, Turlin Moor, Bayside Academy, POOLE, BH16 5AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
1.0 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

40 applications for 26 places · 51st of 52 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
60%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 14 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 8 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.5applications per place, Reception
1.0 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.6) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

40 applications · 26 places offered · 26 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  2. 2025 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  6. 2021 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 0.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Turlin Moor Community School (URN 135340), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626401.5261.00
Sep 202523301.3210.91
Sep 202418331.8181.00
Sep 202322291.3210.95
Sep 202226361.4261.00
Sep 202144551.3410.93
Sep 202027391.4250.93
Sep 201929441.5291.00
Sep 201831371.2290.94
Sep 2017 *45571.3440.98
Sep 2016 *30391.3240.80
Sep 2015 *42541.3370.88
Sep 2014 *51460.9330.65

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 77% · Maths 87% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%30th of 50 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard87%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2560%0%103104
2023/2442%0%103102
2022/2345%3%102100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145496 · 839/2004
Trust
Authentic Education Group Limited
Capacity
270 pupils · 180 on roll
Free school meals
51.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
Turlin Moor Community School (URN 135340)
Address
Turlin Road, Turlin Moor, Bayside Academy, POOLE, BH16 5AH
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources