Twynham School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Twynham School is a secondary school in Christchurch, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Twynham School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as happened at 5 of the 16 other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole secondary schools with a published outcome.
- For Year 7, a last distance was published in all 7 earlier years with a published outcome, before every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 192 first-choice applications for 206 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place; 14 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sopers Lane, Christchurch, BH23 1JF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 1,651 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and have positive attitudes to learning.”
- “They typically learn without disruption and conduct themselves well around the school site.”
- “The school encourages pupils to treat others with respect and appreciate difference.”
To improve
- “Younger pupils make better use of extracurricular opportunities than older pupils.”
- “However, in some subjects, pupils do not develop sufficiently detailed knowledge or write in depth.”
- “This hinders their achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 192 first-preference applications, 206 offers in total, 192 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- The Grange School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Avonbourne Boys' Academy 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Avonbourne Girls Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highcliffe School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bournemouth School for Girls 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Bournemouth School 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Glenmoor Academy 4.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
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