Graded inspection · Apr 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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 entry497 applications · 136 places offered · 164 named it first
- 2026 3.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
- 2025 3.4; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
- 2024 3.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2023 3.5; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- 2022 3.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
- This school
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (139 applications for 60 places).
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 | 136 | 497 | 3.7 | 164 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 141 | 481 | 3.4 | 213 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2024 | 143 | 561 | 3.9 | 229 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2023 | 144 | 501 | 3.5 | 184 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2022 | 148 | 475 | 3.2 | 174 | 1.18 |
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.) | 144 | 44.0 | 42% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Livingstone Academy BournemouthThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.7applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20242.2applications per place 71.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.2applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20243.0applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleRemains Outstanding20243.2applications per place 56.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20242.2applications per place 72.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleOutstanding20233.1applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained20253.5applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 148590 · 839/4009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,510 pupils · 1,006 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Madeira Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1PA
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources