Bournemouth School for Girls A GSG School
- Bournemouth School for Girls
Castle Gate Close
Castle Lane West
Bournemouth
BH8 9UJ - Head: David Sims
- T 01202 526289
- F 01202 548923
- E [email protected]
- W www.bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Dorset
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils: 1,269; sixth formers: 369
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Afternoons throughout the year - visit school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 8th May 2024
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 10th October 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Ranked the top performing state school in the area, this is a place for bright and able pupils. Not that this creates a hothouse atmosphere, according to parents. ‘They really don’t realise how bright they are as they are in a self-selective environment,’ commented one. If there is pressure, say parents, it does not come from the school. There are over 50 clubs and activities, covering a diverse range of interests, run by either staff or sixth formers. The usual art, drama, music and sports, but who wouldn’t want to join the…
What the school says...
Entrance examinations consist of: 11+ English, maths & verbal reasoning.
Sample papers available to purchase from bookshops: GL Assessment(NFER) multiple choice tests.
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since September 2022, David Sims, previously deputy head. Studied marine biology at Heriot Watt ‘to be by the sea’ before training in London. Held positions at Norton Hill School in Somerset and QE, Wimborne before joining BSG as head of science in 2007. Hobbies include sailing, windsurfing and football. A keen sportsman and competitive in nature, his ultimate aim is for the school to be one of the finest in the country, not just the area. But don’t expect fireworks – appointed as a custodian of the school’s current ethos, this will be a smooth transition.
Entrance
Heavily oversubscribed, with almost three applicants for each place. Exams in maths, English and verbal reasoning in the September before entry. Those with an EHCP get priority, then looked after children. Next up are the 130 who scored highest...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Court | 2024 | 1 |
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