Which school has the best GCSE results in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Bournemouth School tops the table in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with 74.2, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

22 state secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 24 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranked on Attainment 8

22 of 24 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Bournemouth School Bournemouth · Academy converter	74.2	96%	99%	7.17	174
2	Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth · Academy converter	72.2	96%	99%	6.46	177
3	Poole Grammar School Poole · Academy converter	70.2	96%	98%	6.42	176
4	Parkstone Grammar School Poole · Academy converter	68.5	90%	98%	6.12	186
5	Glenmoor Academy Bournemouth · Academy sponsor led	60.7	79%	91%	5.57	173
6	Winton Academy Bournemouth · Academy sponsor led	55.4	73%	88%	5.04	173
7	Twynham School Christchurch · Academy converter	53.5	62%	83%	4.96	255
8	Avonbourne Girls Academy Bournemouth · Academy converter	53.0	62%	79%	4.75	222
9	Poole High School Poole · Academy converter	51.0	56%	78%	4.67	295
10	The Bishop of Winchester Academy Bournemouth · Academy sponsor led	49.6	53%	72%	4.42	196
11	Avonbourne Boys' Academy Bournemouth · Academy converter	47.3	59%	75%	4.38	162
12=	Highcliffe School Christchurch · Academy converter	47.0	46%	75%	4.26	254
12=	St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School Bournemouth · Academy converter	47.0	47%	67%	4.02	239
14	Corfe Hills School Broadstone · Academy converter	46.7	46%	73%	3.97	234
15	St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole Poole · Voluntary aided school	46.4	51%	70%	4.27	175
16	Magna Academy Poole · Academy sponsor led	44.3	41%	66%	4.01	175
17	The Bourne Academy Bournemouth · Academy sponsor led	44.2	44%	66%	3.76	156
18	LeAF Studio Bournemouth · Studio schools	42.4	31%	68%	3.44	78
19	The Cornerstone Academy Poole · Academy sponsor led	41.0	37%	60%	3.73	102
20	The Grange School Christchurch · Academy sponsor led	36.3	33%	54%	3.30	79
21	St Aldhelm's Academy Poole · Academy sponsor led	33.6	22%	45%	2.84	156
22	Oak Academy Bournemouth · Academy converter	32.5	14%	33%	2.75	88
–	Broadstone Middle School Broadstone · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Livingstone Academy Bournemouth Bournemouth · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Bournemouth Collegiate School Bournemouth · Other independent school	29.6	0%	67
Canford School Wimborne · Other independent school	26.8	0%	126
Kings Bournemouth Bournemouth · Other independent school	3.4	0%	13
Talbot Heath School Bournemouth · Other independent school	61.3	78%	59

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole on our composite score

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole with published GCSE results

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