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Victoria Education Centre

Non-maintained special school · Mixed · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

12 Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AS

Website 01202763697

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Standards maintained

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

83.1%

50.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

133

Capacity used

Over capacity

102%

130 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Non-maintained special school
Age range
3–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Olu Odunsi
Address
12 Lindsay Road, Branksome Park, Poole, BH13 6AS
Phone
01202763697
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ward / constituency
Canford Cliffs · Poole
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
113954

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals27%——
English as additional language13%——
SEN support0%——
68% boys (90)32% girls (43)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

133 pupils · 130 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    13 November 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    Standards maintained
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 104 pupils

Attendance

83.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

16.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

50.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

7.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.3%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

28%
20/21
43%
21/22
49%
22/23
53%
23/24
50%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

1.920190.920220.920230.32024

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Pupils in cohort5—

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.