England · Grammar school
Bournemouth School
Bournemouth · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137452)
Overview
- Address
- East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,320
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.7%
- 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 2027 entry (as presented by the school), eligible boys are ranked: looked-after children, then Pupil Premium boys, then boys from the school's priority area, then everyone else, each by total score. The priority area is BH1 to BH11, sector BH12 5, and sectors BH23 1, BH23 2 and BH23 3.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
- Sometimes: Qualifying boys from outside the school's home area come last. BCP Council figures: in 2025, 1 of 54 such boys was offered a place; in 2024, none of 91.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 384 applicants named this school (238 as their first choice) for 179 places. 4 of 179 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 | 179 | 384 | 238 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Sept 2025 | 178 | 332 | 215 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Sept 2024 | 180 | 388 | 266 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Sept 2023 | 177 | 373 | 240 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Sept 2022 | 179 | 365 | 218 | 1.2 | 24 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 179 | 461 | 304 | 1.7 | 13 |
| Sept 2020 | 179 | 352 | 230 | 1.3 | 12 |
| Sept 2019 | 180 | 374 | 230 | 1.3 | 25 |
| Sept 2018 | 151 | 338 | 230 | 1.5 | 12 |
| Sept 2017 | 150 | 305 | 215 | 1.4 | 35 |
| Sept 2016 | 148 | 337 | 214 | 1.4 | 36 |
| Sept 2015 | 145 | 289 | 182 | 1.3 | 51 |
| Sept 2014 | 147 | 257 | 169 | 1.1 | 51 |
"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) (bournemouth-school.org, bcpcouncil.gov.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 September 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 27 February 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 (3)
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). | 71.2 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 92.6% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 52.3% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.3% | 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: 73.3 (2023/24) → 74.2 (2024/25) → 71.2 (2025/26).
176 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 9PY
- Map location
- 50.74861, -1.85845
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01202512609
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.bournemouth-school.org
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 137452) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026