St Aldhelm's Academy is a secondary school located in Poole. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 03/03/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.5%, which is 3.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Herbert Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HS
Website: www.staldhelms-academy.co.uk
Telephone: 01202732500
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Jo Amos
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136206

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 03/03/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1100
Number of Pupils: 716
Number of Boys: 394
Number of Girls: 322

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 22.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.18 Confidence interval -0.51 to 0.15
Of the 64 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 59 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:3%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:16%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:33.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.53
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Manorside Academy
Evering Avenue , Parkstone BH12 4JG
4out of 4 542 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole
Sancreed Road , Parkstone BH12 4DZ
3out of 4 945 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Livingstone Road Junior School
Livingstone Road , Parkstone BH12 3DX
2out of 4 1,224 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Livingstone Road Infant School
Livingstone Road , Parkstone BH12 3DT
3out of 4 1,309 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Heatherlands Primary School
Library Road , Parkstone BH12 2BG
3out of 4 1,434 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Aldhelm's Academy
Herbert Avenue , BH12 4HS
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Dale Valley Road , Oakdale BH15 3HY
3out of 4 2,111 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Oak Academy
Duck Lane , BH11 9JJ
2out of 4 2,637 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Magna Academy
Ashdown Close , Adastral Road BH17 8RE
4out of 4 2,653 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
LeAF Studio
Holloway Avenue , BH11 9JW
3out of 4 2,907 yd Studio schools No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Bournemouth and Poole College
North Road , BH14 0LS
- not rated 3,077 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Quay School
160 Herbert Avenue , BH12 4HU
4out of 4 404 yd Academy alternative provision converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Winchelsea School
Guernsey Road , Parkstone BH12 4LL
3out of 4 662 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
The Lion Works School
543 Wallisdown Road , Poole BH12 5AD
- not rated 1,218 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Langside School
Langside Avenue , Parkstone BH12 5BN
3out of 4 1,693 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School
Victoria Education Centre
12 Lindsay Road , Branksome Park BH13 6AS
3out of 4 2,418 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.