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The Cornerstone Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole BH15 4BQ · cornerstoneacademy.org.uk · 01202 676789
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41
- average Attainment 8 score. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 50.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 645
- 72% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 81 families put the school first and 96 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 96 | 81 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 103 | 79 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 115 | 111 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 140 | 83 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 126 | 92 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41, and 37.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole it was 50.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41 | 46 | ||
| ▼37.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.73 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 19 | +8.9 |
| Sixth form college | 0.9 | — |
| Further education | 53.4 | −13.3 |
| Other education | 1.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | −2 |
| Employment | 7.8 | +3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.8 | −0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +1.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 19 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Cornerstone Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 63
- 12% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (33%) with SEND