England · Grammar school
Bournemouth School for Girls
Bournemouth · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136996)
Overview
- Address
- Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,290
- Capacity
- 1,210
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.8%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area20% of Year 7 places offered in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- For September 2026 entry, after looked-after and Pupil Premium girls and the 100 highest-scoring girls, priority goes to girls living in the designated catchment area: BH1 to BH11, sector BH12 5, and sectors BH23 1, BH23 2 and BH23 3, ranked by test score.Postcode areas: BH1, BH2, BH3, BH4, BH5, BH6, BH7, BH8, BH9, BH10, BH11, BH12 5, BH23 1, BH23 2, BH23 3
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry, 100 places go to the highest-scoring girls wherever they live. Any places left after catchment girls go to girls from outside the catchment, by test score.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 392 applicants named this school (239 as their first choice) for 180 places. 11 of 180 offers went to children living outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 180 | 392 | 239 | 1.3 | 11 |
| Sept 2025 | 180 | 378 | 238 | 1.3 | 24 |
| Sept 2024 | 180 | 391 | 245 | 1.4 | 19 |
| Sept 2023 | 179 | 398 | 245 | 1.4 | 28 |
| Sept 2022 | 179 | 383 | 261 | 1.5 | 21 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 172 | 535 | 353 | 2.1 | 22 |
| Sept 2020 | 179 | 356 | 221 | 1.2 | 35 |
| Sept 2019 | 179 | 381 | 238 | 1.3 | 53 |
| Sept 2018 | 164 | 334 | 233 | 1.4 | 28 |
| Sept 2017 | 166 | 367 | 232 | 1.4 | 34 |
| Sept 2016 | 164 | 357 | 234 | 1.4 | 33 |
| Sept 2015 | 165 | 296 | 210 | 1.3 | 61 |
| Sept 2014 | 162 | 273 | 204 | 1.3 | 65 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (wearebsg.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 August 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 8 May 2024: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (4)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 72 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 94.9% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 58.8% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 71.7 (2023/24) → 72.2 (2024/25) → 72 (2025/26).
177 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- BH8 9UJ
- Map location
- 50.75077, -1.85283
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01202526289
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.wearebsg.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136996) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026