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Winton Academy

Secondary · Bournemouth · BH10 4HT

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 15 May 2024

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At a glance

902 pupils · 100% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.wintoncollege.org.uk/
URN
140007

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 217 families named it first for 184 Year 7 places, 1.18 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.027 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 4 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 May 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.18 first-choice applications per place

184 places offered · 217 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.027 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.027 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
55.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
87.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
73.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5
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.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school55.4
Median of its 12 closest peers46.5
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average51.6
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Attleborough AcademyAttleborough · 175 miles awayExpected standard41.4
King's Leadership Academy WarringtonWarrington · 186 miles awayOutstanding (2019)56
The Catholic High School, ChesterChester · 173 miles awayExpected standard46.7
The Cedars AcademyLeicester · 138 miles awayGood45.1
Woodbrook Vale SchoolLoughborough · 141 miles awayExpected standard51.2
The Costello SchoolBasingstoke · 50 miles awayExpected standard47.3
John Mason SchoolAbingdon · 69 miles awayNo current grade44.5
Kingswinford AcademyKingswinford · 122 miles awayGood46.3
Dartford Science & Technology CollegeDartford · 103 miles awayExpected standard49.1
William Edwards SchoolGrays · 110 miles awayNeeds attention42.5
Wootton AcademyBedford · 110 miles awayGood44.3
Barclay AcademyStevenage · 109 miles awayGood49.5

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 70% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 70%, England 59%) · Any other White background 9% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 10%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 4%) · Black African 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.30 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.20 suspensions and 0.34 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
8.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

67.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,173; 13.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£13,105
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 85% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 0% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£4,277,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
94%
Continuing in education
83%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
6%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.6%62.3%
Social housing2.4%17.1%
Privately rented40%20.5%
Detached houses67.1%22.9%
Flats30.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms55.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015360 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£345,000422 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,500–£429,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (243)£405,000
Semi-detached (50)£322,500
Terraced (37)£300,000
Flat (92)£186,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.65 km, 2026 entry): 1,161 sales, median £341,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
21an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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