Bayside Academy

Bayside Academy has demonstrated a strong performance overall, effectively meeting expected standards in safeguarding, behavior, and early years education. School leaders have been proactive in identifying and addressing areas needing improvement, particularly in supporting pupils with special educational needs and ensuring a safe and inclusive environment. Parents express satisfaction with the care and support their children receive, and there's a recognized emphasis on personal development and wellbeing, which helps prepare pupils for life beyond school. However, challenges remain, notably in mathematics and writing, where some pupils are not yet achieving to their full potential, particularly in regards to handwriting, spelling, and punctuation skills.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding practices ensure pupils feel safe.
• Leaders effectively identify and support pupils' attendance and behavior needs.
• Early years provision provides a secure and positive start for children.
• Staff receive training to enhance their support for pupils with special educational needs.
• High expectations for behavior promote a positive and orderly school environment.
• Robust communication and language development strategies in early years.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in achieving writing standards across the school.
• Some pupils struggle with handwriting, spelling, and punctuation.
• Varied quality of teaching across subjects impacts learning.
• Insufficient progress in multiplication tables check for younger pupils.

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 Bayside Academy attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Bayside Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Bayside Academy had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% 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, 22.8% of pupils at Bayside Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Bayside Academy received £8,997 and spent £9,308 for each of its 197 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £190,000 (£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 Poole · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority: places and applications

Bayside Academy is part of Authentic Education Group Limited, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Bayside Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bayside Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Bayside Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Bayside Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Bayside Academy have?

Bayside Academy has 180 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bayside Academy cover?

Bayside Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bayside Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bayside Academy?

Bayside Academy is at Turlin Road, Turlin Moor, Bayside Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH16 5AH.