Langside School
Non-maintained special school · Mixed · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Langside Avenue, Poole, BH12 5BN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 26/02/2020
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
77.8%
55.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
32
Capacity used
Has space73%
44 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jonathan Seaward
- Address
- Langside Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 5BN
- Phone
- 01202518635
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward / constituency
- Alderney & Bourne Valley · Bournemouth West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 133740
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 4% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
32 pupils · 44 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
21 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 20
26 February 2020
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Early years Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 27 pupils
Attendance
77.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
22.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
55.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
14.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
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.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 2 | — |
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.