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Every fee-paying school in the council, not just within reach of BH1: Private schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (11) →

Private schools

Fee-paying schools in BH1, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

5 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BH1, the nearest being Kings Bournemouth at 0.8 mi, 1 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School Distance Ages Takes
Kings Bournemouth 0.8 mi 14 to 25 Secondary
St Martin's School 1.0 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Church of England
Park School 1.0 mi Primary
Bournemouth Collegiate School 1.5 mi 11 to 19 Secondary
Christian
Talbot Heath School 1.9 mi 2 to 19 All-through
Girls
Church of England
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Kings Bournemouth are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

BH1 also holds 21 state primary and 9 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BH1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BH1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BH1?

5 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BH1, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in BH1 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are there single-sex private schools in BH1?

1 of the 5 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.