Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cricket, badminton, dance, choir, chess, STEM, debating and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Bournemouth School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 72, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.2 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47 across England.

95% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 56% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 72.2.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.54: pupils made well 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 74.2, against 71.8 for other pupils at the school.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Bournemouth School for Girls is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 239 families put Bournemouth School for Girls as their first choice and 392 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 61 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Bournemouth School for Girls admits pupils through an entrance test, usually called the 11-plus. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Bournemouth School for Girls ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 4 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bournemouth School for Girls are The Bishop of Winchester Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.1); Bournemouth School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 71.2); Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 47.4); and Avonbourne Girls Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54).

Bournemouth School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 178 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 97% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 11% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 140 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 69% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 43% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 107 pupils (8.3%) received SEN support and 7 (0.5%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Bournemouth Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Road (w-bound), 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Bournemouth School for Girls issued 6 suspensions, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bournemouth School for Girls are Queen's Park Infant Academy (0.3 miles), Queen's Park Academy (0.4 miles), St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and Muscliff Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.