Fee-paying schools in BH4, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BH4, the nearest being Talbot Heath School at 0.7 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	0.7 mi	2 to 19	All-through Girls Church of England
Kings Bournemouth	1.0 mi	14 to 25	Secondary
St Martin's School	1.4 mi	3 to 11	Primary Church of England
Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School	1.6 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

BH4 also holds 20 state primary and 7 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BH4 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BH4.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BH4?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BH4, 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 BH4 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 BH4?

1 of the 4 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.