Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Academy converter · 846 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Bicknell School (URN 130390, until 1 April 2012).
Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Tregonwell Academy in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.7 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 5% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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.
| Measure | Tregonwell Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 22 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 59% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 55% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 9% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 32% | 2% | 3% |
| Measure | Tregonwell Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.7 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.14 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 76% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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.
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 | 17 | 81% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 6% |
| Mathematics | 17 | 81% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 6% |
| Biology | 16 | 76% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| Statistics | 16 | 76% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 6% |
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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.