Academy · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Bournemouth School for Girls
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Girls
- Selective (11+)
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 239 families put this school as their first choice, and 180 places were offered. 178 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 180 | 239 | 74% |
| September 2025 | 180 | 238 | 74% |
| September 2024 | 180 | 245 | 73% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
11+ entrance test
This school uses Bournemouth and Poole Grammar Schools Consortium Test (Dorset Consortium), a shared test used by 3 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 8 May 2024. Overall: Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1290 (capacity 1210)
- Gender
- Girls
- Academy trust
- BOURNEMOUTH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
- Admissions
- Selective (entrance test)
- Phone
- 01202526289
- Address
- Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, BH8 9UJ
- Website
- wearebsg.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.