Langside School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Location
- Poole, BH12 5BN
- Distance
- 3.1km away
Linwood School
Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
472
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 26
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 411
- Boys
- 295 (68%)
- Girls
- 142 (32%)
- Capacity
- 472 (93% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.8%
- EAL
- 14.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 5.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £38,533/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.7%
- White Other: 7.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 2.0%
- Other: 2.0%
- Asian Chinese: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
78.7%
White British
7.1%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Alma Road
Bournemouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113961
- UKPRN
- 10017916
- Establishment No.
- 7012
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