Langside School

Key facts

Address

Langside Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 5BN

Type

Non-maintained special school

Ages

2–19

Council

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Pupils on roll

32 January 2026 school census

Free school meals

6.3% of pupils eligible

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 21 May 2025

Strengths

• “Langside school is a very special place.”
• “It provides a first-rate holistic experience for pupils and caters for their special educational needs and/or disabilities and complex medical needs very well.”
• “Skilled staff meticulously timetable each day so that pupils have consistent and safe routines.”

To improve

• “However, the school and governing body have not given careful consideration to keeping all the required school policies up to date.”
• “The school’s work to develop its relationships and sex and health education policy is not complete.”
• “The associated curriculum programme does not set out clearly enough what will be taught and when.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby special, independent and other schools

Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

• Talbot Heath School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
• The Quay School 0.9 mi Not judged
• Winchelsea School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
• The Lion Works School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
• Victoria Education Centre 1.2 mi Standards maintained
• St Martin's School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
• Kings Bournemouth 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
• Linwood School 1.9 mi Not judged

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