St Aldhelm's Academy

State-Funded School

st-aldhelms-academy-bournemouth-christchurch-poole-south-west

South WestRegion

Bournemouth, Christchurch & PooleLocal Authority

Bournemouth WestConstituency

BH12 4HSPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Aldhelm's Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 808 pupils. St Aldhelm's Academy is part of AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Mar 2026 · published 9 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 33.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.4%
EBacc average point score: 2.84

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

808

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 808
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 4 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Apr 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.