Secondary
LeAF Studio
Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 9JW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Studio schools
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 458 of 500 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 28.3
- Pupils per adult
- 15.7
- Pupils
- 444
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 September 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
January 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
31%
29 points below the Bournemouth average (60% across 10 schools)
42.4
10.7 below the Bournemouth average (53.1 across 10 schools)
9th of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bournemouth we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.44 |
| Entered the EBacc | 12% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
| A level students | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 27% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20.0 |
| 22/23 | 34.1 |
| 23/24 | 10.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.39 |
| 22/23 | -0.44 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.1 |
| 22/23 | 38.9 |
| 23/24 | 42.5 |
| 24/25 | 42.4 |
Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 9JW
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 31 October, 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
- Nadine Lapskas
- Address
- Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 9JW
- Telephone
- 01202578886