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Schools with Sixth Form in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

State schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole offering A-levels, BTECs, and other post-16 qualifications. Includes 11–18 secondaries with sixth form provision and standalone sixth form colleges. Compare schools using our league tables.

33 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole offer sixth form provision for post-16 study.

How this list is ranked

Ofsted grade first (the last published grade, which still stands until re-inspection), with pupil roll as a tiebreaker. Note: Ofsted removed the single overall grade in September 2024 and moved to report cards in November 2025, so recently-inspected schools show sub-judgements or report-card evaluation areas rather than one overall word. Un-inspected schools rank below graded ones.

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18schools with sixth form

2Outstanding

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1

Bournemouth School

StateSecondarySelective

Ofsted Outstanding

1320 pupilsAges 11-18

Outstanding

2

Bournemouth School for Girls

StateSecondarySelective

Ofsted Outstanding

1290 pupilsAges 11-18

Outstanding

3

Avonbourne Girls Academy

StateSecondary

1160 pupilsAges 11-19

Quality of education: Outstanding

4

St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School

StateAll-throughRoman Catholic

1967 pupilsAges 4-18

Good

5

StateSecondary

1651 pupilsAges 11-19

Good

6

Highcliffe School

StateSecondary

1519 pupilsAges 11-19

Good

7

Parkstone Grammar School

StateSecondarySelective

1241 pupilsAges 11-18

Quality of education: Good

8

Poole Grammar School

StateSecondarySelective

1224 pupilsAges 11-18

Quality of education: Good

9

The Bishop of Winchester Academy

StateSecondaryChurch of England

1162 pupilsAges 11-18

SEN Unit

Good

10

ER

St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole

StateSecondaryChurch of England/Roman Catholic

1093 pupilsAges 11-18

Good

11

Livingstone Academy Bournemouth

StateAll-through

1006 pupilsAges 4-19

Good

12

The Bourne Academy

StateSecondary

958 pupilsAges 11-18

Good

13

Corfe Hills School

StateSecondary

943 pupilsAges 13-18

Good

14

StateSecondary

938 pupilsAges 11-18

Good

15

StateSecondary

458 pupilsAges 13-19

Quality of education: Good

16

The Bournemouth and Poole College

StatePost-16

Good

17

The Grange School

StateSecondary

429 pupilsAges 11-19

Expected· our summary

18

Poole High School

StateSecondary

1891 pupilsAges 11-18

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