Avonbourne Boys' Academy
Academy converter · 846 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.3
Academy sponsor led
The Grange School
- Pupils on roll
- 429of 769 places
- Free school meals
- 44.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 79
- Ofsted
- Report card, 28 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
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Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Grange School (URN 113874, until 17 September 2014).
What the data says
Of the 78 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Grange School in 2023, 19% stayed on in The Grange School’s own sixth form (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average 45%), 53% went to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 18% of the year group, and 19% 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 | The Grange School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 78 | 3,857 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 76% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 19% | 45% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Grange School | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.3 | 50.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 57% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 75% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 19% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.30 | 4.54 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 21% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 26.1 | 36.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.2 | 54.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 79 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 79 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 78 | 99% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 55% |
| English Literature | 78 | 99% | 86% | 9% | 21% | 59% |
| History | 39 | 49% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 56% |
| Geography | 23 | 29% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 48% |
| Business Studies | 16 | 20% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 56% |
| Spanish | 14 | 18% | 19% | 43% | 27% | 93% |
| Fine Art | 14 | 18% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 71% |
| Drama | 11 | 14% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 55% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 10% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 6 | 8% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 50% |
| Statistics | 6 | 8% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 67% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 5 | 6% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
| Dance | 4 | 5% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Music | 2 | 3% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 6 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 6 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 4 | — | — |
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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.