SCHOOL PROFILE

Bournemouth School: data, trends and context

Bournemouth School is a secondary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
137452
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Region
South West
Trust
BOURNEMOUTH SCHOOL
Postcode
BH8 9PY
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,320
FSM eligible
6.9%
EAL / First language other than English
13.3%
SEND (total)
5.2%
SEN Support
4.4%
EHCP
0.76%
White British
56.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.2%
Overall absence
4.8%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Severe absence
0.87%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleLocal authority92.0%8.0%2.7%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
5.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
3.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.16%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
74.2
English & maths grade 5+
96.0%
English & maths grade 4+
98.9%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Bournemouth School is a secondary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.