The Cornerstone Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Poole, BH15 4BQ
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Poole High School
Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
Local ranking20th of 24 secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1975
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Poole High School (URN 113907) since 1 July 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 295
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 35.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
111
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 332
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1875
- Boys
- 1029 (55%)
- Girls
- 846 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1975 (95% full)
- SEND
- 21.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 13.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 20.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 130.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,415/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.2%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Other: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
80.2%
White British
7.5%
White Other
1.8%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wimborne Road
Poole, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 150883
- UKPRN
- 10095236
- Establishment No.
- 5407
- Trust
- TWYNHAM LEARNING
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