St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive SchoolAvonbourne Girls Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School and Avonbourne Girls Academy in Bournemouth.

  • St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Avonbourne Girls Academy scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Avonbourne Girls Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School was judged Good and Avonbourne Girls Academy was judged exceptional.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.0 for St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School and 53.0 for Avonbourne Girls Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School (50.9 in 2021-22, 47.0 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Avonbourne Girls Academy (59.6 in 2021-22, 53.0 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School versus Avonbourne Girls Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BournemouthSt Peter's Catholic Comprehensive SchoolBournemouthAvonbourne Girls AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100B71/100Stronger figure
Local ranking10th of 24 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 8th of 24 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseAll-through Secondary
Age range4-18 11-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,967 1,160
Capacity1,650 1,538
LocationBournemouth, BH6 4AH Bournemouth, BH7 6NY
GCSE results
Attainment 847.0 53.0 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths46.9% 61.7% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths67.4% 79.3% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc23.4% 51.4% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.02 4.75 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort239 222
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard68.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard11.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Not reported105.0
A-level results
A-level entries135 73
A-level average points33.7 Stronger figure24.6 35.0
A-level average gradeC+ D+
Best 3 A-levels points34.5 Stronger figure24.0 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects8.7% Stronger figure0.0% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,943 1,188
Free school meals (ever 6)13.6% 24.7%
English as an additional language20.6% 33.1%
SEN support14.3% 15.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.9% 0.8%
Attendance
Overall absence7.4% 7.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence22.1% 20.2% 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.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

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.

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