King's Park Academy

King’s Park Academy continues to perform well as a good school, providing an inclusive environment where pupils feel supported and inspired to learn. The school's strong pastoral care and a broad curriculum that emphasizes reading and mathematics underscore its commitment to developing well-rounded students. With a variety of extracurricular activities and opportunities for personal growth, students not only learn academically but also develop social skills and resilience.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the inclusive school.
• Strong pastoral support helps pupils feel confident and supported.
• Effective implementation of individualised targets for pupils with SEND.
• Recent enhancements to the reading curriculum are yielding positive results.
• The mathematics curriculum promotes problem-solving and reasoning skills.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhances pupil engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• In some teaching sequences, the most important curriculum content is not always prioritized.

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 King's Park Academy attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 1.2% of pupils at King's Park Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 King's Park Academy had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 10.5% of pupils at King's Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 King's Park Academy received £6,985 and spent £6,782 for each of its 603 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £580,000 (£963 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Authentic Education Group Limited, income was £9,345 and spending £9,661 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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All schools in Bournemouth · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority: places and applications

King's Park Academy is part of Authentic Education Group Limited, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Tregonwell Academy Bournemouth
• Queen's Park Academy Bournemouth
• Kinson Academy Bournemouth
• Elm Academy Bournemouth
• Manorside Academy Poole
• Oak Academy Bournemouth
• St Aldhelm's Academy Poole
• LeAF Studio Bournemouth
• Longspee Academy Poole
• Bayside Academy Poole

What is King's Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was King's Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Park Academy was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does King's Park Academy have?

King's Park Academy has 572 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Park Academy cover?

King's Park Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are King's Park Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Park Academy?

King's Park Academy is at Ashley Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 4NB.