Bournemouth School is a secondary academy in Bournemouth, United Kingdom with 1,320 pupils, part of Bournemouth School. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 27 February 2024. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Teacher of Mathematics (closes 16 November) and Receptionist (part-time) (closes 20 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Katie Ateaque, Headteacher
Trust or group
Bournemouth School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,320 pupils · 4% girls · 6.9% eligible for free school meals · 13.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
58 (4.4%) on SEN support · 10 (0.8%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
ESSENTIAL 5 GCSE’s with a minimum grade C or above in English and Mathematics, or equivalent Experience of using Microsoft Office suite (Word and Excel particularly)Experience of…
ESSENTIAL Degree or equivalent Qualified teacher status Excellent classroom management skills Ability to deliver outstanding teaching and learning within Mathematics Ability to…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
71.2
92.6%
2024/25
74.2
96.0%
2023/24
73.3
95.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
27 February 2024
Graded inspection
Outstanding
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
71.9
18.4
–
0
£54,655
2024/25
68.4
18.8
10%
1
£53,738
2023/24
68.4
18.0
21%
0
£48,789
2022/23
69.3
16.8
13%
0
£44,178
2021/22
72.1
16.2
11%
0
£43,627
2020/21
67.0
17.1
7%
2
£42,204
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
65.6
16.5
6%
0
£42,124
2018/19
61.5
16.9
9%
0
£41,972
2017/18
64.1
15.9
16%
0
£39,812
2016/17
61.6
17.5
16%
0
£39,724
2015/16
61.3
18.2
15%
0
£39,617
2014/15
67.3
16.6
15%
0
£37,970
2013/14
69.3
16.2
18%
0
£37,583
2012/13
72.0
15.1
23%
0
£36,973
2011/12
69.5
15.5
13%
0
£37,751
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
3.9%
0.5%
6.2%
0.7%
2024/25
4.2%
0.5%
8.5%
0.9%
2023/24
4.7%
0.5%
9.0%
0.4%
2022/23
5.5%
0.6%
13.7%
0.5%
2021/22
6.7%
0.6%
18.2%
0.7%
2020/21
3.2%
0.2%
6.6%
0.5%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.8%
0.5%
6.0%
0.1%
2017/18
4.1%
0.3%
6.0%
0.7%
2016/17
3.9%
0.7%
6.7%
0.5%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
10 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 3 teaching, 5 support, 2 leadership. Most often advertised: Administrator (2), Administrator Maternity Cover, Assistant Headteacher. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.