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Linwood School

Special schoolAges 2–19CommunitySixth form

Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority

Bournemouth’s School Grade A better than 87% of towns in England

How full
437 pupils
93% of its 472 places
Free school meals
43%
43 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Linwood School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, January 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH9 1) sold for a median £330,000; Bournemouth’s is £308,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 32 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Linwood beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 0.3

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole avg 50.9

20304050607080England avg 47.3Linwood 0.3

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole avg 57%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Linwood 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
1.5
2025/26
0.3

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.73: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 19 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
0.4England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
0England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 75% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

411 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
14.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 32%Boys 68%
Its letter

No letter for Linwood School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), January 2025. Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns), November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Linwood School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BH9 1, the school’s postcode sector

Bournemouth property prices →
£330,000
median sale, 392 sales in 36 months · Bournemouth £308,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025BH9 1Bournemouth
BH9 1Bournemouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£370K
Semi-detached
£330K
Terraced
£287K
Flat
£211K
BH9 1Bournemouth

Homes in BH9 1 sell for a little over Bournemouth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

19 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA+B−A+A+A−AACDDB−CAA−BA+C+Linwood School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Bournemouth, BH9 1AJ

Linwood School: common questions

What is Linwood School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (January 2025).

How much do houses cost near Linwood School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH9 1, sold for a median £330,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (392 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Bournemouth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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