OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
4 May 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
—
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Trust
AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
179
179 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
93
52.0% of pupils
Male pupils
86
48.0% of pupils
16.0 pts
above England
School
40.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
19.5%
South West
20.1%
England
24.8%
3.5 pts
below England
School
16.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
16.9%
South West
10.7%
England
20.3%
8.5 pts
above England
School
9.5%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
4.1%
South West
1.5%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Asian background
3.4%
6
Any other White background
2.8%
5
Any other Mixed background
1.1%
2
Any other ethnic group
1.1%
2
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
22.9%
41 of
179 pupils
2.1 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
21.4%
SEN support
14.0%
25 pupils
England
14.8%
0.8 pts
below
EHC plans
8.9%
16 pupils
England
6.0%
2.9 pts
above
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
13
Speech, language & communication
13
Moderate learning difficulty
4
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
No specialist assessment yet
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
5.08%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.14 pts
lower than
England
School
5.08%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
6.58%
South West
6.20%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
15.70%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
0.12 pts
lower than
England
School
15.70%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
16.30%
South West
15.08%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.33%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.52 pts
higher than
England
School
2.33%
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
74.6%
13.6 pts
below England
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
88.7%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.