Langside School
Langside Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, BH12 5BN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Jonathan Seaward
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 44
- Pupils on roll
- 32
- URN
- 133740
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01202518635
About this school
Langside School is a special school in Poole. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 32 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Langside School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 20.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 22.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 32 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report21 May 2025
- 26 February 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.71%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 22.15%
- Persistent absence
- 55.56%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Arts University Bournemouth0.6 miles
Universities · Poole
-
Bournemouth University0.6 miles
Universities · Poole
-
Talbot Heath School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Bournemouth
-
The Quay School0.9 miles
Academies · Poole
-
Winchelsea School1.0 miles
Special schools · Poole
Other schools in Poole
- Longspee Academy Academies
- Montacute School Academies
- The Lion Works School Special schools
- The Quay School Academies
- The White House School Special schools
- Victoria Education Centre Special schools
- Winchelsea School Special schools
- Ad Astra Infant School Primary
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bayside Academy Primary
- Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Canford Heath Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Langside School teach?
- Langside School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Poole.
- Who is the principal of Langside School?
- The principal of Langside School is Mr Jonathan Seaward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Langside School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Langside School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Langside School?
- Langside School has 32 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Langside School full?
- Langside School has capacity for 44 pupils and 32 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Langside School a faith school?
- No. Langside School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Langside School have?
- The schools register lists Langside School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Langside School's absence rate?
- Langside School's overall absence rate is 22.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Langside School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Langside School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.