Winchelsea School
Community special school · Mixed · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Guernsey Road, Poole, BH12 4LL
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 07/06/2022
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
90.4%
27.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
248
Capacity used
Has space90%
277 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Geoff Cherrill
- Address
- Guernsey Road, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 4LL
- Phone
- 01202746240
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward / constituency
- Alderney & Bourne Valley · Bournemouth West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 113955
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
248 pupils · 277 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
16 June 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Strong standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Strong standard Early years Strong standard Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 22
07 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Early years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good - 19
02 October 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 215 pupils
Attendance
90.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
9.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
27.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 0.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 31 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.