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Best secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

20 of 25 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 11 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Glenmoor Academy Bournemouth 1.14 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Winton Academy Bournemouth 0.81 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Bournemouth School Bournemouth grammar 0.71 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Poole Grammar School Poole grammar 0.55 Not judged declining oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth grammar 0.54 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Parkstone Grammar School Poole grammar 0.43 Not judged improving about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Avonbourne Girls Academy Bournemouth 0.4 Not judged undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Avonbourne Boys' Academy Bournemouth hidden gem 0.28 Outstanding about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Grange School Christchurch hidden gem 0.27 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Twynham School Christchurch hidden gem 0.16 Good declining about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 The Bishop of Winchester Academy Bournemouth hidden gem 0.12 Good undersubscribed 0.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole Poole 0.09 Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Corfe Hills School Broadstone 0.01 Good — mapped
14 The Cornerstone Academy Poole hidden gem -0.03 Good improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Highcliffe School Christchurch -0.05 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Magna Academy Poole -0.09 Good declining about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 LeAF Studio Bournemouth -0.18 Not judged — approximate
18 The Bourne Academy Bournemouth -0.22 Good improving about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 St Aldhelm's Academy Poole hidden gem -0.58 Good undersubscribed 0.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Oak Academy Bournemouth -0.63 Not judged undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

Also in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not a fairer one.

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