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Every fee-paying school in the council, not just within reach of BH12: Private schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (11) →

Private schools

Fee-paying schools in BH12, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

2 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BH12, the nearest being Talbot Heath School at 1.2 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
Talbot Heath School 1.2 mi 2 to 19 All-through
Girls
Church of England
Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School 1.2 mi 2 to 11 Primary
Christian
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Talbot Heath School 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

BH12 also holds 23 state primary and 8 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BH12 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BH12.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BH12?

2 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BH12, 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 BH12 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 BH12?

1 of the 2 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.