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Corfe Hills School

Secondary · Broadstone · BH18 9BG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 September 2021

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At a glance

943 pupils · 55% of 1,716 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
13–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
16.7% of pupils
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils
SEN support
12.2% of pupils
EHC plan
3.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.corfehills.net/
URN
136574

GCSE results (2024/2025)

234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
46.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.1%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.2%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D+
24.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
98%
Continuing in education
92%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
35%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
44%
Any sustained destination
90%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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