Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Academy converter · 846 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Academy sponsor led
The Cornerstone Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 645of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 102
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 19 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Carter Community School (URN 113865, until 15 January 2013).
What the data says
The Cornerstone Academy has no sixth form. Of the 68 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | The Cornerstone Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 68 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 81% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Cornerstone Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.0 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.73 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.1 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.6 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 100 | 98% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 72% |
| English Language | 100 | 98% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 59% |
| English Literature | 100 | 98% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 80% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 61% |
| History | 56 | 55% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 73% |
| Geography | 37 | 36% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 70% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 29% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 40% |
| Religious Studies | 27 | 26% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 93% |
| French | 26 | 25% | 18% | 50% | 29% | 88% |
| Biology | 16 | 16% | 23% | 25% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 16 | 16% | 23% | 25% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 16% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 15 | 15% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 33% |
| Turkish | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 27 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
| Tourism | 13 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Avonbourne Girls Academy
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Bournemouth School
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.2
Bournemouth School for Girls
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 72.2
Corfe Hills School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Glenmoor Academy
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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.