Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Academy converter · 846 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
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Bournemouth School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,320of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 6.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 174
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 27 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bournemouth School (URN 113900, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 152 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bournemouth School in 2023, 86% stayed on in Bournemouth School’s own sixth form (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average 45%), 10% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Among the 138 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 61% went to university (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 31%, England 37%), and 46% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 74.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 96% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, Bournemouth School admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bournemouth School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 152 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 99% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 98% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 86% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 10% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Bournemouth School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students in the cohort | 138 | 3,144 | 541,441 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 79% | 79% |
| University (higher education) | 61% | 31% | 37% |
| — most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students | 46% | 23% | 19% |
| Further education | 1% | 5% | 5% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 9% | 7% |
| Employment | 20% | 33% | 28% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 16% | 16% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Bournemouth School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 74.2 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 91% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 7.17 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 7% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 76.0 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 74.1 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 12% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 173 | 99% | 89% | 63% | 20% | 99% |
| Physics | 173 | 99% | 23% | 77% | 46% | 99% |
| Biology | 173 | 99% | 23% | 68% | 45% | 99% |
| Mathematics | 173 | 99% | 88% | 82% | 22% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 173 | 99% | 23% | 68% | 47% | 99% |
| English Literature | 172 | 99% | 86% | 50% | 21% | 98% |
| Religious Studies | 170 | 98% | 31% | 51% | 32% | 95% |
| Business Studies | 97 | 56% | 18% | 70% | 20% | 100% |
| History | 92 | 53% | 41% | 71% | 26% | 98% |
| Geography | 91 | 52% | 41% | 57% | 25% | 100% |
| Spanish | 88 | 51% | 19% | 55% | 27% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 82 | 47% | 13% | 85% | 30% | 100% |
| French | 55 | 32% | 18% | 67% | 29% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 54 | 31% | 11% | 81% | 24% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 33 | 19% | 11% | 85% | 23% | 100% |
| German | 22 | 13% | 5% | 73% | 33% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 10% | 8% | 67% | 21% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 17 | 10% | 1% | 82% | 23% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 9% | 7% | 56% | 24% | 100% |
| Music | 12 | 7% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
| Measure | Bournemouth School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students at the end of 16–18 study | 369 | — | — |
| — of whom A level students | 166 | 1,548 | 261,341 |
| Average A level grade | B | B- | B- |
| Average points per A level entry | 40.24 | 35.52 | 35.00 |
| Average grade, best 3 A levels | B | B- | B- |
| AAB or better with two facilitating subjects | 28% | 18% | 18% |
| Average grade, applied general courses | — | — | — |
| Average grade, T levels | — | — | — |
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 104 | 63% | 31% |
| Biology | 64 | 39% | 20% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 31% | 17% |
| Economics | 47 | 28% | 13% |
| Physics | 43 | 26% | 12% |
| Psychology | 36 | 22% | 23% |
| Business Studies | 32 | 19% | 13% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 18% | 5% |
| Further Mathematics | 22 | 13% | 5% |
| History | 16 | 10% | 13% |
| Physical Education | 15 | 9% | 3% |
| English Literature | 13 | 8% | 11% |
| Politics | 12 | 7% | 6% |
| Geography | 9 | 5% | 10% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 5% | 4% |
| French | 6 | 4% | 1% |
| Art and Design | 6 | 4% | 1% |
| Product Design | — | — | 2% |
| Music | — | — | 0% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (Numeracy) | Core Maths Qualifications at Level 3 | 39 | 23% | — |
| Study Skills | Extended Project (Diploma) | 37 | 22% | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Further Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
Where Bournemouth School is
Other secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s allocation statistics.
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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.