Avonbourne Girls Academy, Bournemouth

In 2026, pupils at Avonbourne Girls Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.2 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47 across England.

64% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47% in England.

That is up from 53 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.4: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41.1, against 58.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Spanish and History.

For September 2026 entry, 172 families put Avonbourne Girls Academy as their first choice and 540 named it as one of their preferences, for 204 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Avonbourne Girls Academy are Avonbourne Boys' Academy (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 47.4); The Bishop of Winchester Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Bournemouth School for Girls (1.4 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 72); and Bournemouth School (1.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 71.2).

Avonbourne Girls Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Avonbourne Girls Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

88 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Avonbourne Girls Academy (as of September 2025): 80% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 65% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (65%).

Of the 186 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 19 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 42% went on to university or other higher education and 16% into work. 11% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

30.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (54%), Mixed (10%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 213 pupils (18.4%) received SEN support and 17 (1.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Pokesdown Rail Station, about 850 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Avonbourne School (sw-bound), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Avonbourne Girls Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Avonbourne Girls Academy issued 85 suspensions, 7.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Avonbourne Girls Academy are Avonwood Primary School (under 0.1 miles), St James' Church of England Primary Academy (0.5 miles), Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles) and King's Park Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.