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The Grange School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Redvers Road, Christchurch BH23 3AU · thegrangeschool.com · 01202 486536
On the mapSearch near BH23 3AU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 50.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 429
- 56% of 769 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.3%
- First language not English
- 8.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Twynham Learning
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 74 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 | 74 | 73 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 75 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 91 | 66 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 77 | 58 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 77 | 35 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.3, and 32.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼54.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼19.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.30 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 25 | +19.6 |
| Sixth form college | 1.3 | — |
| Further education | 53.9 | −4.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6 | −4.2 |
| Employment | 1.3 | −10.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.2 | −1.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | +1.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2018/19 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied general | 8 | Dist- (31) | Average +0.08 |
| Earlier years: Applied general | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 21 | — | +0.87 |
| 2015/16 | 17 | — | +0.92 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | |
|---|---|
| University | 18.2 |
| Further education | 27.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 18.2 |
| Employment | 27.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Grange School on 28 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113874), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113874)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 22
- 6% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied