Longspee Academy
Special schoolLongspee Academy is a special school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 5 to 16. It had 106 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Longspee Academy 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 Longspee Academy was 11.1, against 49.9 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 46.2 in England.
5.6% 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 | 11.1 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 5.6% | 56.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 16.7% | 74% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |
- Longspee Academy 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- Canford Heath Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)150 m
- Canford Heath Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), March 2023210 m
- Stanley Green Infant AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023720 m
- Haymoor Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, PooleSecondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 46.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Parkstone Grammar SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 67.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 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).