Fee-paying schools in BH8, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

4 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central BH8, the nearest being Park School at 0.4 mi. 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
Park School	0.4 mi		Primary
St Martin's School	1.1 mi	3 to 11	Primary Church of England
Kings Bournemouth	1.5 mi	14 to 25	Secondary
Bournemouth Collegiate School	1.7 mi	11 to 19	Secondary Christian

No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Park 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

BH8 also holds 19 state primary and 8 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for BH8 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central BH8.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in BH8?

4 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central BH8, 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 BH8 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.

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.