Magna Academy, Poole

In 2026, pupils at Magna Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.2 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; and 47 across England.

44% 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 44.3.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.09: pupils made about 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 35.1, against 48 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 174 families put Magna Academy as their first choice and 594 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 22 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Magna Academy are Poole Grammar School (0.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 70.2); St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.7); Parkstone Grammar School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 67.6); and Broadstone Middle School (1.3 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Magna Academy.

Magna Academy is one of 16 schools run by Aspirations Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 31 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education and 36% into work. 20% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ashdown School (nw-bound), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 138 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (223).

In 2024/25, Magna Academy issued 258 suspensions, 26.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Magna Academy are Ad Astra Infant School (under 0.1 miles), Haymoor Junior School (under 0.1 miles), Canford Heath Infant School (0.7 miles) and Canford Heath Junior School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.