Alternative provision academy · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The Quay School
- Alternative provision
- Ages 5–18
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 29 April 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- 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
- Alternative provision academy
- Phase
- Alternative provision
- Ages
- 5–18
- Pupils
- 69 (capacity 133)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- SOUTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
- Phone
- 01202716910
- Address
- 160 Herbert Avenue, Poole, BH12 4HU
- Website
- thequayschool.com
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.