St Aldhelm's Academy
Secondary schoolSt Aldhelm's Academy is a secondary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 808 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 10 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Aldhelm's Academy was 35.6, against 49.9 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 46.2 in England.
27.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 35.6 | 49.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.6% | 56.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.9% | 74% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 152 | – | – |
- 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- The Quay SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade370 m
- Manorside AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Winchelsea SchoolSpecial. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met610 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, PoolePrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- The Lion Works SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- Livingstone Road Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)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).