King's Park AcademyAvonwood Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bournemouth.

Summary of the comparison

King's Park Academy and Avonwood Primary School are primary schools in Bournemouth.

  • King's Park Academy scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Avonwood Primary School scores 80 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Avonwood Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • King's Park Academy was judged Good and Avonwood Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 56.0% for King's Park Academy and 84.0% for Avonwood Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at King's Park Academy (60.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Avonwood Primary School (76.0% in 2022-23, 84.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

King's Park Academy versus Avonwood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BournemouthKing's Park AcademyBournemouthAvonwood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100B80/100Stronger figure
Local ranking35th of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3rd of 65 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll603 481
Capacity630 Not reported
LocationBournemouth, BH1 4NB Bournemouth, BH7 6NB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard56.0% 84.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard11.0% 24.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census603 481
Free school meals (ever 6)30.4% 10.8%
English as an additional language35.8% 10.4%
SEN support9.8% 18.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.0% 3.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.5% 3.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence13.1% 3.7% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

King's Park Academy

Avonwood Primary School

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