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Winchelsea School

Guernsey Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4LL

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)90.2%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 0.1
Roll vs capacityNot compared for this type of school
Pupils248

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 20 Jul 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BH12. Where we have them, council (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
248
Free school meals
34.9%
2.7% above district average (32.2%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 49.2% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
64.9% above district average (35.1%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
14%
4.6% below district average (18.6%)
Attendance
90.2% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.6% below district average (93.8%)

Also: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 86.7% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BH12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2023/24: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

29.6%

5.6% below England (35.2%)

KS2 expected standard2023/24

0%

61% below England (61%)

Attainment 82024/25

0.1

46 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

0%

45.4% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

0%

64.8% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

0%

40.5% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

0

4.1 below England (4.09)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 95.6%
    2020/21
  • 92.4%
    2021/22
  • 89.9%
    2022/23
  • 91.4%
    2023/24
  • 90.2%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 0%
    2022/23
  • 0%
    2023/24

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Not compared for this type of school
Published capacity (GIAS)
277
Pupils on roll
248

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
SEN unit · SPLD, VI, OTH, HI

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Winchelsea School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in BH12 · Schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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