Elm Academy
Holloway Avenue, Bournemouth, BH11 9JN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
- Principal
- Mrs Jo Wakeman
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Ambitions Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 364
- URN
- 138990
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01202574212
About this school
Elm Academy is a primary academy in Bournemouth. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 364 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Early years
- 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 | 60 | 85 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 62% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 7% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 71% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 71% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 76% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Elm 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 | 55% | 56.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 59% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 449 |
| 2023/24 | 425 |
| 2024/25 | 362 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Elm Academy compares
Elm Academy ranked 8th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 5.5% | 40.1% | 364 | — |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | 15% | 5.9% | 20.9% | 302 | 0.3 miles |
| Heathlands Primary Academy | 38% | 9.2% | 72.1% | 164 | 0.4 miles |
| Kinson Academy | 65% | 5.1% | 48.5% | 179 | 0.7 miles |
| Kingsleigh Primary School | 58% | 6% | 35.4% | 779 | 0.8 miles |
| Bearwood Primary and Nursery School | 46% | 5.1% | 25.4% | 253 | 1.1 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)
- 40.12%
- English as an additional language
- 26.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.51%
- Persistent absence
- 15.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Christ The King Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Heathlands Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Kinson Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Kingsleigh Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
-
Bearwood Primary and Nursery School1.1 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
Other schools in Bournemouth
Elm Academy ranks 6th 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
- 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
- Malmesbury Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Elm Academy teach?
- Elm Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bournemouth.
- Who is the principal of Elm Academy?
- The principal of Elm Academy is Mrs Jo Wakeman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Elm Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elm 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 Elm Academy?
- Elm Academy has 364 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Elm Academy full?
- Elm Academy has capacity for 480 pupils and 364 on roll (76%), 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 Elm Academy a faith school?
- No. Elm Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Elm Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Elm Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Elm Academy?
- Elm 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 Elm Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Elm Academy rank locally?
- Elm Academy ranked 8th of 52 primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Elm Academy's absence rate?
- Elm Academy's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Elm Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elm 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.