South West
Independent schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
107 schools, 54,124 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 42.3.
Ofsted across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Good43
Outstanding7
Requires improvement2
No overall grade55
52 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 55 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Poole | No grade | — |
| Bournemouth Collegiate SchoolOther independent school | Bournemouth | No grade | — |
| Canford SchoolOther independent school | Wimborne | No grade | — |
| Kings BournemouthOther independent school | Bournemouth | No grade | — |
| Park SchoolOther independent school | Bournemouth | No grade | — |
| St Martin's SchoolOther independent school | Bournemouth | No grade | — |
| Talbot Heath SchoolOther independent school | Bournemouth | No grade | — |