Bournemouth School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 27 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
137452
Address
East Way, BH8 9PY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1284 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
96.2%
Girls
3.8%
First language not English
13.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.3%
Persistent absence
8.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.6%
Mixed 10.6%
Indian 8.6%
Other White 7.5%
Chinese 3.6%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 3.4%
Unclassified 2.9%
African 1.4%
Pakistani 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 96%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.1
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.16
Local authority average 4.54
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE173
Business Studies:SingleGCSE97
ChemistryGCSE173
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE82
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE173
English LiteratureGCSE172
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bournemouth School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
215
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
178
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
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 classes24.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
197
197
0
Year 8
185
185
0
Year 9
181
181
0
Year 10
178
178
0
Year 11
174
174
0
Year 12
203
181
22
Year 13
166
139
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.8%
85.5%
Further education
10.0%
39.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
86.0%
46.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
74.0%
56.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
46.0%
22.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.7%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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