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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that wer ...

in the English county of

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

State-funded schools

Primary schools

* Ad Astra Infant School, Canford Heath * Avonwood Primary School, Bournemouth * Baden-Powell and St Peters CE Junior School,

Parkstone Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of t ...

* Bayside Academy,

Hamworthy Hamworthy is a village, parish, peninsula and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes B ...

* Bearwood Primary School, Bearwood * Bethany CE Junior School,

Boscombe Boscombe is a suburb of Bournemouth, England. Historically in Hampshire, but today in Dorset, it is located to the east of Bournemouth town centre and west of Southbourne. Originally a sparsely inhabited area of heathland, from around 1865 B ...

* Bishop Aldhelm's CE Primary School, Branksome * Branksome Heath Junior School, Poole * Broadstone First School, Broadstone * Burton CE Primary School, Burton * Canford Heath Infant School, Canford Heath * Canford Heath Junior School, Canford Heath * Christ The King RC Primary School,

Kinson Kinson is a former village which has been absorbed by the town of Bournemouth in the county of Dorset in England. The area became part of Bournemouth on 1 April 1931. There were two electoral wards containing the name Kinson (North & South). The ...

* Christchurch Infant School,

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

* Christchurch Junior School, Christchurch * Corpus Christi RC Primary School, Boscombe * Courthill Infant School, Parkstone * Elm Academy, Bournemouth * The Epiphany School, Bournemouth * Hamworthy Park Junior School, Hamworthy * Heatherlands Primary School, Parkstone * Heathlands Primary Academy, Bournemouth * Highcliffe St Mark Primary School,

Highcliffe Highcliffe-on-Sea (usually simply Highcliffe) is a seaside town in Dorset in England, administered since April 2019 as part of the unitary authority of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation alo ...

* Hill View Primary School,

Ensbury Park Ensbury Park is a mainly residential suburb of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. It includes the housing estate of Slades Farm and lies within the ward district of Northbourne and Redhill. Initial development Ensbury Park takes its name from t ...

* Hillbourne Primary School, Waterloo * Jewell Academy, Bournemouth * King's Park Academy, Boscombe * Kingsleigh Primary School, Bournemouth * Kinson Academy, Kinson * Lilliput CE Infant School, Lilliput *

Livingstone Academy Livingstone may refer to: *Livingstone (name) Livingstone is a surname and given name. The surname is toponymic. It is one of the habitual surnames eventually adopted by members of the Scottish branch of the Irish Dunleavy (Gaelic language Duin ...

, Bournemouth * Livingstone Road Infant School, Parkstone * Livingstone Road Junior School, Parkstone * Longfleet CE Primary School,

Longfleet Longfleet is a small district of Poole, Dorset centred on Longfleet Road. It is situated directly north of the town centre and lies to the east of Oakdale and to the south and west of Parkstone. History The area of Longfleet was originally par ...

* Malmesbury Park Primary School, Bournemouth * Manorside Academy, Parkstone * Merley First School,

Merley Merley is a large housing estate in the unparished area of Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford (or Canford Magna). The village merges with that of Oakl ...

* Moordown St John's CE Primary School, Bournemouth * Mudeford Community Infants' School,

Mudeford Mudeford ( ) is a harbourside and beachside parish based on a former fishing village in the east of Christchurch, Dorset, England ( historically in Hampshire), fronting water on two sides: Christchurch Harbour and the sands of Avon Beach. The R ...

* Mudeford Junior School, Mudeford * Muscliff Primary School, Throop * Oakdale Junior School, Oakdale * Ocean Academy, Poole * Old Town Infant School, Poole *

Parkfield School Parkfield may refer to: *Parkfield, California, an unincorporated community in California, United States **Parkfield earthquake, various earthquakes that have occurred near Parkfield ** Parkfield Interventional EQ Fieldwork, land art near Parkfiel ...

Hurn Hurn is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Hampshire and the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated between the River Stour and River Avon, administratively Hurn is part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole uni ...

* Pokesdown Community Primary School, Bournemouth * The Priory CE Primary School, Christchurch * Queens Park Infant Academy, Bournemouth * Queens Park Junior Academy, Bournemouth * St Clement's and St John's CE Infant School, Boscombe * St James' CE Primary Academy, Bournemouth * St Joseph's RC Primary School, Parkstone * St Joseph's RC Primary School, Somerford * St Katharine's CE Primary School, Southbourne * St Luke's CE Primary School, Winton * St Mark's CE Primary School,

Talbot Village Talbot Village is located on the boundary of Bournemouth and Poole in Dorset, England. The old Talbot Village was built between 1850 and 1862 because of the generosity of two sisters, Georgina and Mary Talbot. Georgina and Mary divided their y ...

* St Mary's RC Primary School, Oakdale * St Michael's CE Primary School, Bournemouth * St Peter's RC School, Bournemouth * St Walburga's RC Primary School, Bournemouth * Somerford Primary School, Somerford * Springdale First School, Broadstone * Stanley Green Infant Academy, Oakdale * Stourfield Infant School, Southbourne * Stourfield Junior School, Southbourne * Talbot Primary School,

Wallisdown Wallisdown is a residential and commercial area situated partly in Bournemouth and partly in Poole, in southern England. The appropriate ward is called Wallisdown and Winton West. Geography Wallisdown is situated on the border between Bourne ...

* Twin Sails Infant School, Hamworthy * Twynham Primary School, Christchurch * Winton Primary School, Ensbury Park

Middle schools

* Broadstone Middle School, Broadstone

Non-selective secondary schools

* Avonbourne Boys' Academy,

Littledown Littledown is a suburb of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. Originally it was a small settlement to the south of the much more important Holdenhurst Village, and for centuries it existed as a huddle of farm buildings on the edge of heathland. As ...

Avonbourne Girls' Academy Avonbourne Girls' Academy (formerly Avonbourne College) is a secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a Single-sex school, single-sex all-girls school for 11- to 16-year-olds ...

, Littledown * The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Charminster *

The Bourne Academy History 1937-1967: East Howe Senior School The school was built in 1937 as ''East Howe Senior School'' for boys and girls. The original East Howe School was built in 1912 by Dorset County Council when the area was rural. The school was brought ...

, East Howe * Corfe Hills School, Broadstone *

The Cornerstone Academy The Cornerstone Academy (previously Carter Community School) is a co-educational secondary school located in Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England. The school serves the Hamworthy and Turlin Moor areas and pupils are taken mostly from Hamworthy a ...

Glenmoor Academy Glenmoor Academy is a secondary school for girls located in the Ensbury Park area of Bournemouth in the English county of Dorset. The school was first established in 1877 as Winton British School, educating boys and girls up to age of 13. In 1 ...

* The Grange School,

* Highcliffe School,

* LeAF Studio,

West Howe West Howe is a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, located in the north-west provinces of the borough. Largely consisting of affordable housing owned by the Local Authority, many of the homes have been purchased by long term residents of th ...

, Bournemouth * Magna Academy, Canford Heath * Oak Academy, West Howe *

Poole High School Poole High School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the centre of Poole, in the English county of Dorset. History Built in 1939 as Henry Harbin Senior School, the school has expanded in every decade since its ...

, Oakdale *

St Aldhelm's Academy St Aldhelm's Academy is a co-educational secondary school serving the Rossmore, Parkstone, Newtown, Wallisdown and Alderney areas of Poole, Dorset, England. School history The school opened in October 1938 as Kemp-Welch Senior Council School ...

* St Edward's RC CE School, Oakdale * St Peter's RC School, Southbourne *

Twynham School Twynham School (formerly Twynham Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Christchurch, Dorset, England and has a school roll of approximately 1,700 students in years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18). It has L ...

, Christchurch *

Winton Academy Winton Academy is an all-boys secondary school located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The school was founded in 1877 and was expanded on a restricted site until 1995 when it moved to its present site. Originally named Winton Boys' School the s ...

, Ensbury Park

Grammar schools

* Bournemouth School, Charminster *

Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth School for Girls is a grammar academy school located in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a girls grammar school and sixth form college, teaching girls aged 11 to 18. Academics Since September 2005, it has been a humanities specia ...

, Charminster *

Parkstone Grammar School Parkstone Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to "PGS") is a selective, all-girls academy school in Poole specializing in science and languages, on the southern coast of England. Admissions The school is situated in the northern end of the tow ...

, Waterloo *

Poole Grammar School Poole Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to PGS) is a selective, all‐boys grammar school and academy in the coastal town of Poole in Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is a member of the South West Academic Trust (SWAT). The school w ...

, Broadstone/ Canford Heath

Special and alternative schools

* Christchurch Learning Centre,

* Linwood School, Winton * Longspee School, Canford Heath * Montacute School, Canford Heath * The Quay School,

* Tregonwell Academy, Bournemouth * Winchelsea School, Parkstone

Further education

* Bournemouth Academy of Modern Music * The Bournemouth and Poole College

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

* Park School, Bournemouth * St Martin's School, Bournemouth * St Thomas Garnet's School,

* Talbot House School, Winton

Senior and all-through schools

Bournemouth Collegiate School Bournemouth Collegiate School is a coeducational independent day and boarding school based on two sites in Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset on the southern coast of England. The prep school (ages 2–11) is located in Poole and the senior school ...

/ Southbourne *

Canford School Canford School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18). Situated in 300 acres of parkland near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, south west England, it is one of the largest s ...

Canford Magna Canford Magna is a village in Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South Wes ...

* Kings Bournemouth, Bournemouth * Talbot Heath School, Bournemouth

Special and alternative schools

* Connie Rothman Learning Centre, Southbourne * Langside School, Poole * The Lion Works School, Poole * Portfield School,

* The Stable School, Christchurch * Victoria Education Centre, Branksome Park * The White House School, Poole {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Schools In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole