Secondary
Magna Academy
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Poole, BH17 8RE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 938 of 1100 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ASPIRATIONS ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- 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)GCSE results
41%
44.3
6th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Poole we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 |
| Entered the EBacc | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.72 |
| A level students | 39 |
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 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 31% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 41% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.6 |
| 22/23 | 33.6 |
| 23/24 | 34.2 |
| 24/25 | 32.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.34 |
| 22/23 | -0.26 |
| 23/24 | -0.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.4 |
| 22/23 | 40.8 |
| 23/24 | 44.9 |
| 24/25 | 44.3 |
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Poole, BH17 8RE
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
- Philip Midworth
- Address
- Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Poole, BH17 8RE
- Telephone
- 01202604222