76 / 100
Strong
Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.
Academic Outcomes
69
Inspection
100
Admissions Value
59
Destinations
54
Stability & Context
100
Top 25% of secondary schools in England
Top 25% nationally
#9 of 21 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.
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Overall effectiveness
Graded 23 January 2024
Quality of education
Graded 23 January 2024
Behaviour and attitudes
Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.
Academic year
2025/26
Published admission number (PAN)
149
Places offered by the school
Applications received
391
Times listed as any preference
Offers made
139
Preferred offers from this school
Oversubscription ratio
2.62×
Applications per place
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Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.
Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25
Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.
Attainment 8
47.3
Progress 8
Not published
English & maths 5+
58.6%
English & maths 4+
75.3%
EBacc entry
47.5%
BH7 6NZ - Harewood Avenue, Bournemouth
This school is one of 125 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Total schools
125
Open schools
117
Closed schools
8
Primary schools
68
Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.
The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.
Graded 23 January 2024
Personal development
Graded 23 January 2024
Leadership and management
Graded 23 January 2024
Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.
Outstanding
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Offer rate
35.6%
Offers as a share of applications
First preference offers: 108
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EBacc achievement
24.1%
Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23
Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).
Education %
86.0%
Employment %
2.0%
Apprenticeships %
2.0%
NEET %
4.0%
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Secondary schools
23
Special schools
0
Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)