The Cornerstone Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Poole, 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
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Cornerstone Academy is a secondary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 October 2022. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Cornerstone Academy 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 39.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.5% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- In Year 7 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place: 81 first-choice applications for 96 offers, with 15 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 41 (England 46).
- There are 14.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.4 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
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
- Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole, BH15 4BQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 645 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ learning and behaviour.”
- “Pupils consistently meet these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not learn to discuss subject matter as well as they could.”
- “However, teaching does not always promote pupil discussion about subject content.”
- “This means pupils have limited opportunity to articulate their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 December 2022 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 46 |
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: 81 first-preference applications, 96 offers in total, 81 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.
- Poole High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Parkstone Grammar School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole 2.4 mi School remains Good
- Magna Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Poole Grammar School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aldhelm's Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corfe Hills School 3.7 mi Good
- Oak Academy 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
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