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Schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

111 schools in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority.

Schools

111

Open schools

Pupils

54,556

2025–26 census

Good or better

93%

81 of 87 graded

Academic Performance

5.4

out of 10 · 102 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
10 11%
Good
71 82%
Requires improvement
6 7%
Inadequate
0 0%
13 inspected since 2024, no overall grade9 superseded by a report card11 not judged
5.4
Academic Performance

Averaged over 102 of 111 schools that can be scored

Pupils

54,556

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
80%
Asian
5%
Black
3%
Mixed
7%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 100 of 111 schools (52,200 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
20.4%

10,644 of 52,200 pupils · 100 of 111 schools

First language not English
17.6%

9,213 of 52,200 pupils · 100 of 111 schools

Young carers
4.3%

2,233 of 52,200 pupils · 100 of 111 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
69
Secondary
26
All-through
1
Special
8
PRU
2
Not recorded
5

Top primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 111 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

How many schools are there in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 111 open schools — 69 primary, 26 secondary, 8 special, teaching 54,556 pupils in total.
How many schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are rated Good or Outstanding?
81 of the 87 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 10 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 111: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?
5.4 out of 10, averaged across the 102 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools have no Ofsted rating?
24 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole covers 111 schools and sits in the South West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are eligible for free school meals?
20.4% — 10,644 of 52,200 pupils at the 100 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South West region.