OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
22 March 2022
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Trust
COASTAL LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
308
308 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
153
49.7% of pupils
Male pupils
155
50.3% of pupils
20.7 pts
above England
School
45.5%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
19.5%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
39.4 pts
above England
School
59.7%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
16.9%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
12.3 pts
above England
School
13.3%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
4.1%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
32.8%
101
Any other Mixed background
3.9%
12
Any other Asian background
3.2%
10
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
26.3%
81 of
308 pupils
5.5 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
21.4%
SEN support
23.4%
72 pupils
England
14.8%
8.6 pts
above
EHC plans
2.9%
9 pupils
England
6.0%
3.1 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
No specialist assessment yet
33
Speech, language & communication
20
Social, emotional & mental health
17
Specific learning difficulty
5
Autistic spectrum disorder
4
Other difficulty or disability
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.48%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.27 pts
higher than
England
School
6.48%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
6.58%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
18.23%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
2.41 pts
higher than
England
School
18.23%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
16.30%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.77%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.03 pts
lower than
England
School
1.77%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
2.12%
South West
1.90%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
80.2%
8.0 pts
below England
Bethany Church of England Junior School
80.2%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
88.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.