All-through
Linwood School
Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 437 of 422 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.1
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 227.4
- Pupils per adult
- 1.7
- Pupils
- 386
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 3% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.89 |
| 22/23 | -1.47 |
| 23/24 | -1.73 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 1.5 |
| 22/23 | 1.1 |
| 23/24 | 1.5 |
Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Gemma Talbot
- Address
- Alma Road, Winton, Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ
- Telephone
- 01202525107