Tregonwell Academy

State school · Mixed · ages 5–16Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bournemouth BH7school website

About half of Year 11 leavers stay in education, well below the England rate; none start an apprenticeship.

Where this school leads
55%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 87% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Tregonwell Academy: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 24%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 31%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 30%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 20%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 21%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Standards kept
Places
—
Pupils
136
Free school meals
69.1%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 11 May 2023: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 56 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Bicknell School (URN 130390, until 1 April 2012).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

55%stayed in education after Year 11
This school55%
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole87%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 22 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Of the 22 pupils who finished Year 11 at Tregonwell Academy in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureTregonwell AcademyBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland
Pupils in the cohort223,857607,348
Any sustained destination59%93%92%
Stayed in education55%87%86%
— school sixth form0%45%34%
— sixth form college5%—13%
— further education college41%39%37%
— other education9%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment5%3%3%
No sustained destination9%5%6%
Destination unknown32%2%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

4.7Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school4.7
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole50.5
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 21 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 57%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureTregonwell AcademyBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)4.750.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%57%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%75%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score0.144.544.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort76%21%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—36.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—54.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language0%16%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

41.57%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Mathematics & Statistics31%
Health & Safety30%
Language & Communication24%
Green & Sustainability21%
Transversal Skills20%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects4

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language1781%89%0%20%6%
Mathematics1781%88%0%22%6%
Biology1676%23%0%45%0%
Statistics1676%5%0%20%6%
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Health & Safety42%
Language & Communication40%
Mathematics & Statistics39%
Green & Sustainability35%
Transversal Skills32%
Natural Sciences28%
Digital & ICT Skills15%
Engineering & Manufacturing13%
Arts & Humanities9%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills5%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 14.1percentage 8.9ratio 7.6vocabulary 7.4equation 6.8power 6.2translation 6.2audience 6.0root 5.9gradient 5.9hypothesis 5.6bias 5.4grammar 5.4formulae 5.4prediction 5.1adaptation 5.0particle model 5.0theoretical probability 5.0photosynthesis 4.8linear functions 4.4reflection 4.4area 4.4congruence 4.4pythagoras' theorem 4.4

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, data collection, pythagoras' theorem from Biology, Mathematics, Computing and 3 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses sampling technique, conclusion, experimental design from Biology, Mathematics, Statistics and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, data interpretation, conduct field work from Biology, Statistics, Computing and 2 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
More apprenticeships9
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, outlier from English Language, Mathematics, Statistics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, solution from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, unit conversion from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses experimental design, scientific method, data presentation from Biology, English Language, Statistics and 2 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Improvement specialistLevel 5 (higher) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses prediction, correlation, sample size from Biology, Mathematics, Statistics · jobs: business consultant, environmental engineer, civil engineer
Improvement technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · business and administration · uses pie chart, histogram, performance analysis from Mathematics, Statistics, Physical Education · jobs: health safety and environmental manager , occupational health and safety inspector, health and safety inspector
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, formulae, si unit from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses sampling technique, temperature, adaptation from Biology, Science · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Laboratory technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses median, graph, reliability from Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: bacteriology technician, scientific laboratory technician, biology technician
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Tregonwell Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.