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Broadstone Middle School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 9–13 · Sponsored academy
Dunyeats Road, Broadstone BH18 8AE · bmsweb.co.uk · 01202 696121
On the mapSearch near BH18 8AE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2024
- Pupils
- 542
- 83% of 652 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2024, 14 families put the school first and 20 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 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 14 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 19 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 10 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 17 | 10 | 0.6 | 40% |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Broadstone Middle School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (92 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 92
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (22%) with SEND