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Avonbourne Boys' Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 846Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • 147467URN

Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.4 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

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526 applications for 169 places · 8th of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
47.4of 90
12th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 29 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

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
3.1applications per place, Year 7
0.4 above Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

526 applications · 169 places offered · 146 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 0.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 0.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Dashed bars: as Harewood College (URN 138171), Portchester School (URN 113869), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261695263.11460.86
Sep 20251493912.61080.72
Sep 20241793962.21110.62
Sep 20231592831.8840.53
Sep 20221662491.5720.43
Sep 20211882321.2580.31
Sep 20201781570.9440.25
Sep 2019 *1991840.9480.24
Sep 2018 *1561921.2580.37
Sep 2017 *1382521.8960.70
Sep 2016 *792132.7630.80
Sep 2015 *791922.4660.84
Sep 2014 *1122492.2740.66

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)47.412th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%9th of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13847.457%72%–
2024/2516247.359%75%–
2023/2413545.753%70%+0.28
2022/2311549.459%77%+0.45

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
147467 · 839/4008
Trust
United Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 846 on roll
Free school meals
27.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2019
Replaced
Harewood College (URN 138171); Portchester School (URN 113869)
Address
Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth, BH7 6NZ
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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