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Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ
Phone Number
01202526289
Phase
Academy
Type
Academy converter
Age Range
11-18
Religious Character
None
Gender
Girls
Number of Pupils
1179
Local Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Highlights from Latest Inspection
Summary of key findings for parents and pupils
This is an outstanding school There is an unstinting pursuit for excellence led by the headteacher and the governing body and supported by all staff. Achievement is outstanding in all years, including the sixth form. All groups of students, including disabled students and those with special educational needs, make outstanding progress.
Students' well-being and personal development are fostered exceptionally well. In this exciting environment personal success, endeavour, creativity and enterprise are promoted strongly. Students are motivated, inspired and enthused by an outstanding quality of teaching.
In some lessons, techniques to check students' progress are... not as well developed as they could be: students do not consistently receive specific and precise advice on how well they are doing and what they need to do to improve. Behaviour and safety are outstanding. The school is safe and students' behaviour is exemplary.
Self-evaluation is outstanding, as is the leadership of teaching and learning and the provision for the staff's professional training. An outstanding curriculum offers extensive opportunities for enrichment. The multitude of extra-curricular activities is highly popular with the students.
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted exceptionally well, contributing greatly to the students' successes. The outstanding sixth form is characterised by high achievement, high recruitment and retention and by a set of highly articulate and determined young women.
Information about this school
Bournemouth School for Girls is a larger-than-average 11 to 18 girls' selective school.
The proportion of students known to be eligible for free school meals is well below the national average. The proportion of disabled students and those who have special educational needs supported at school action is well below average. The proportion of students on the school action plus programme or with a statement of special educational needs is well below average.
The proportion of students eligible for support through the pupil premium (additional funding) is well below the national average. Most students are of White British heritage. The proportion of students who are from minority ethnic backgrounds and the proportion who speak English as an additional language are well below national averages.
Bournemouth School for Girls converted to become an academy school on 1st September 2011. When its predecessor school, Bournemouth School for Girls, was last inspected by Ofsted it was judged to be good overall.The school meets the current government floor standard, which sets the minimum expectations for attainment and progress.
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