South West
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 SchoolAcademy converter | Bournemouth | Outstanding 2024 | 74.2 |
| Bournemouth School for GirlsAcademy converter | Bournemouth | Outstanding 2024 | 72.2 |
| Poole Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Poole | No grade | 70.2 |
| Parkstone Grammar SchoolAcademy converter | Poole | No grade | 68.5 |
| Glenmoor AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bournemouth | No grade | 60.7 |
| Winton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bournemouth | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 |
| Twynham SchoolAcademy converter | Christchurch | Good 2024 | 53.5 |
| Avonbourne Girls AcademyAcademy converter | Bournemouth | No grade | 53 |
| Poole High SchoolAcademy converter | Poole | Good 2022 | 51 |
| The Bishop of Winchester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bournemouth | Good 2023 | 49.6 |
| Avonbourne Boys' AcademyAcademy converter | Bournemouth | Outstanding 2023 | 47.3 |
| St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive SchoolAcademy converter | Bournemouth | Good 2023 | 47 |
| Highcliffe SchoolAcademy converter | Christchurch | Good 2023 | 47 |
| Corfe Hills SchoolAcademy converter | Broadstone | Good 2021 | 46.7 |
| St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, PooleVoluntary aided school | Poole | Good 2022 | 46.4 |
| Magna AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Poole | Good 2023 | 44.3 |
| The Bourne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bournemouth | No grade | 44.2 |
| LeAF StudioStudio schools | Bournemouth | No grade | 42.4 |
| The Cornerstone AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Poole | Good 2022 | 41 |
| The Grange SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Christchurch | No grade | 36.3 |
| St Aldhelm's AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Poole | No grade | 33.6 |
| Oak AcademyAcademy converter | Bournemouth | No grade | 32.5 |
| Livingstone Academy BournemouthFree schools | Bournemouth | Good 2024 | — |
| Broadstone Middle SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Broadstone | No grade | — |