The Bishop of Winchester Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
136120
Address
Mallard Road, BH8 9PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1178 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
18.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.5%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 61.9%
Other White 11%
Unclassified 10.9%
Mixed 7.7%
African 2.3%
Other 2.3%
Indian 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.54
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award22
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award5
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
TourismTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE194
English LiteratureGCSE193
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Bishop of Winchester Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
148
2nd preference
160
3rd preference
146
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
148
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
101
105
Year 8
213
102
111
Year 9
213
129
84
Year 10
210
112
98
Year 11
202
111
91
Year 12
82
40
42
Year 13
52
33
19
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.8%
85.5%
Further education
50.0%
39.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
32.0%
46.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
1.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
56.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
22.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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