Linwood School
Special schoolLinwood School is a special school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 437 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Linwood School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Linwood School was 0.3, against 49.9 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.3 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 56.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 74% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 32 | – | – |
- Linwood School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Martin's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file600 m
- St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Cambian Wing CollegeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file850 m
- Malmesbury Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- Queen's Park AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St. Walburga's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 98% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).