Avonbourne Girls Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,160 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.0
Academy converter
Avonbourne Boys' Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 846of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 162
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 29 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Harewood College (URN 138171, until 1 August 2019).
What the data says
Avonbourne Boys' Academy has no sixth form. Of the 115 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 47% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Avonbourne Boys' Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Avonbourne Boys' Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 115 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 38% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 47% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Avonbourne Boys' Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.3 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 48% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.38 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.5 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.1 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 36% | 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 | 161 | 99% | 88% | 22% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 161 | 99% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 160 | 99% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 134 | 83% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 62% |
| History | 116 | 72% | 41% | 28% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 100 | 62% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 68% |
| French | 73 | 45% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 78% |
| Design and Technology | 43 | 27% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 47% |
| Fine Art | 31 | 19% | 9% | 10% | 28% | 84% |
| Music | 29 | 18% | 5% | 3% | 33% | 31% |
| Media Studies | 28 | 17% | 4% | 4% | 20% | 39% |
| Chemistry | 26 | 16% | 23% | 54% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 26 | 16% | 23% | 42% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 26 | 16% | 23% | 54% | 46% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 13% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 62% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Chinese | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Textiles | 2 | 1% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Dance | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 75 | — | — |
| Tourism | 33 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 19 | — | — |
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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.