Secondary
The Grange School
Redvers Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 429 of 769 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TWYNHAM LEARNING
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 39.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 446
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 April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
33%
36.3
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Christchurch we can score - 5 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 | 36.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.3 |
| Entered the EBacc | 19% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% |
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 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 35% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 33% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.54 |
| 22/23 | -0.30 |
| 23/24 | +0.27 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.9 |
| 23/24 | 44.8 |
| 24/25 | 36.3 |
Redvers Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AU
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
- Matthew Woodville
- Address
- Redvers Road, Christchurch, BH23 3AU
- Telephone
- 01202486536