Glenmoor Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Girls · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Beswick Avenue, Bournemouth, BH10 4EX
86
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.6%
13.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
902
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
157 of 198 families who put it first got an offer
177
Places offered
530
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 198 | 157 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 171 | 17 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 121 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 4th preference | 40 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 530 | 177 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lets families list 4 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Leon Lima
- Address
- Beswick Avenue, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, BH10 4EX
- Phone
- 01202527818
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward / constituency
- Wallisdown & Winton West · Bournemouth West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140008
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 17% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
902 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
11 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 931 pupils
Attendance
94.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 60.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.14 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 91% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.45 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 60.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 78.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 90.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 57.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.57 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 173 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 173 | 44% | 80% | 92% | |
| English Language | 173 | 40% | 82% | 90% | |
| English Literature | 173 | 41% | 85% | 92% | |
| Religious Studies | 171 | 49% | 75% | 86% | |
| Combined Science | 142 | 26% | 70% | 88% | |
| History | 91 | 32% | 69% | 79% | |
| Art and Design | 80 | 18% | 65% | 75% | |
| Spanish | 78 | 41% | 83% | 91% | |
| Geography | 75 | 40% | 77% | 85% | |
| Business | 43 | 47% | 70% | 81% | |
| Biology | 30 | 73% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 30 | 73% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.