Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Academy converter · 846 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Academy sponsor led
St Aldhelm's Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 808of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 45.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 156
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Urgent improvementAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rossmore Community College (URN 113866, until 1 September 2010).
What the data says
St Aldhelm's Academy has no sixth form. Of the 145 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and 9% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 22% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 9% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish and German add up to 8% of the year group, and 14% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Aldhelm's Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 145 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 67% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Aldhelm's Academy | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 33.6 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.84 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 23.8 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.1 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 100% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 52% |
| English Language | 154 | 99% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 49% |
| Combined Science | 141 | 90% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 47% |
| English Literature | 140 | 90% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 54% |
| History | 75 | 48% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 44% |
| Geography | 58 | 37% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 34% |
| Business Studies | 31 | 20% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| Photography | 23 | 15% | 6% | 9% | 19% | 52% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 13% | 9% | 10% | 28% | 76% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 10% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 14 | 9% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 57% |
| Spanish | 11 | 7% | 19% | 36% | 27% | 82% |
| Biology | 6 | 4% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 17% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Art and Design | 2 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Psychology | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 22% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 46 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 22 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 15 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 13 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 8 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.