The Bishop of Winchester Academy

The Bishop of Winchester Academy has been assessed as performing well in all key areas, maintaining a good overall effectiveness rating. Leaders have instilled high expectations among both teachers and pupils, fostering a positive learning environment where students engage well and are prepared for their future steps. A strong curriculum emphasizes the importance of literacy and mathematics, preparing students effectively for public examinations and beyond. The school also offers a wide range of extracurricular activities that contribute to students' personal development and well-being.

Strengths

• High expectations from leaders that foster a positive learning environment.
• Effective teaching that helps pupils learn and remember new knowledge.
• Strong emphasis on literacy and mathematics throughout the curriculum.
• An impressive range of extracurricular activities enhancing students' experiences.
• Well-supported pupils with SEND in most cases.
• High-quality careers program benefiting sixth-form students.

Areas for Improvement

• Coordination of provision for a small number of pupils with complex needs is inconsistent.
• Communication between leaders and parents/pupils is not always effective.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Bishop of Winchester Academy attended 89.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 28.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.7% of pupils at The Bishop of Winchester Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Bishop of Winchester Academy had 16.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.5% of pupils at The Bishop of Winchester Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has a SEN unit with 3 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Bishop of Winchester Academy received £7,678 and spent £6,691 for each of its 1,178 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,353,000 (£3,695 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is The Bishop of Winchester Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Bishop of Winchester Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was The Bishop of Winchester Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Bishop of Winchester Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does The Bishop of Winchester Academy have?

The Bishop of Winchester Academy has 1,162 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Bishop of Winchester Academy cover?

The Bishop of Winchester Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Bishop of Winchester Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.1, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Bishop of Winchester Academy?

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is at Mallard Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW.