Queen's Park Academy
East Way, Bournemouth, BH8 9PU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
- Associate Principal
- Mrs Sarah Simmons
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Ambitions Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 479
- URN
- 138860
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01202526079
About this school
Queen's Park Academy is a primary academy in Bournemouth. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 479 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 118 | 121 | 120 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 66% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 12% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 81% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 77% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 74% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Queen's Park Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 74% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 59% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 480 |
| 2023/24 | 481 |
| 2024/25 | 484 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queen's Park Academy compares
Queen's Park Academy ranked 10th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 3.9% | 15.5% | 479 | — |
| Queen's Park Infant Academy | — | 5% | 12.2% | 312 | 0.1 miles |
| St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School | 98% | 3.5% | 9.1% | 420 | 0.3 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 29.6% | 392 | 0.6 miles |
| Muscliff Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 20.2% | 528 | 0.9 miles |
| Moordown St John's Church of England Primary School | 85% | 5.1% | 17.3% | 424 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.5%
- English as an additional language
- 30.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.92%
- Persistent absence
- 6.16%
Location
Nearby schools
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Queen's Park Infant Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
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St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
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St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Muscliff Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Moordown St John's Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
Other schools in Bournemouth
Queen's Park Academy ranks 8th of the 27 ranked primary schools in Bournemouth.
- Avonwood Primary School Primary
- Bearwood Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Bethany Church of England Junior School Primary
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- Elm Academy Primary
- Heathlands Primary Academy Primary
- Hill View Primary Academy Primary
- Jewell Academy Bournemouth Primary
- King's Park Academy Primary
- Kingsleigh Primary School Primary
- Kinson Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Queen's Park Academy teach?
- Queen's Park Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Bournemouth.
- Who is the associate principal of Queen's Park Academy?
- The associate principal of Queen's Park Academy is Mrs Sarah Simmons, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Queen's Park Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queen's Park Academy, 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 Queen's Park Academy?
- Queen's Park Academy has 479 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Queen's Park Academy full?
- Queen's Park Academy has capacity for 480 pupils and 479 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Queen's Park Academy a faith school?
- No. Queen's Park Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Queen's Park Academy?
- Queen's Park Academy is part of AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Queen's Park Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queen's Park Academy rank locally?
- Queen's Park Academy ranked 10th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queen's Park Academy's absence rate?
- Queen's Park Academy's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queen's Park Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queen's Park Academy'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.