Community special school

Linwood School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West · Bournemouth BH9 1AJSchool website
Pupils on roll
437of 472 places
Free school meals
43.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
26
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 28 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 31 pupils who finished Year 11 at Linwood School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Linwood School’s own sixth form (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average 45%), 13% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and England.

Linwood School
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLinwood SchoolBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland
Pupils in the cohort313,857607,348
Any sustained destination97%93%92%
Stayed in education97%87%86%
— school sixth form0%45%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college13%39%37%
— other education84%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Bournemouth School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,320 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.2

Corfe Hills School

Academy converter · sixth form · 943 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7

Glenmoor Academy

Academy sponsor led · 902 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.