A list of primary, secondary and all-through school admission policies is available below.
We've created one single admissions policy for our community and voluntary controlled schools.
We're the admission authority for:
- Burton CE Primary School
- Mudeford Community Infants School
- Mudeford Junior School
- Somerford Primary School
The policy for these schools is the BCP Community and VC Schools Admissions Policy 2026 to 2027.
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Burton CE Primary School is a faith school and families who are applying on faith grounds will need to complete and return a supplementary information form.
Primary schools
All other primary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are either academies or voluntary aided schools. This means that they have their own admission policies:
- Ad Astra Infant School
- Avonwood Primary
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's CE Junior School
- Bayside Academy
- Bearwood Primary and Nursery School
- Bethany CE Junior School
- Bishop Aldhelm’s CE Primary School
- Broadstone First School
- Broadstone Middle School
- Christchurch Infant School
- Christchurch Junior School
- Canford Heath Infant School
- Canford Heath Junior School
- Christ the King Catholic Primary School
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
- Courthill Infant School
- Elm Academy
- Hamworthy Park Junior School
- Haymoor Junior School
- Heatherlands Primary School
- Heathlands Primary Academy
- Highcliffe St Mark Primary School
- Hill View Primary School
- Hillbourne Primary School
- Jewell Academy
- Kingsleigh Primary School
- King's Park Academy
- Kinson Academy
- Lilliput CE Infant School
- Livingstone Road Infant School
- Livingstone Road Junior School
- Longfleet CE Primary School
- Malmesbury Park Primary School
- Manorside Academy
- Merley First School
- Moordown St John's CE Primary School
- Muscliff Primary School
- Oakdale Junior School
- Ocean Academy
- Old Town Infant School and Nursery
- Pokesdown Community Primary School
- Queen's Park Infant Academy
- Queen's Park Academy (Junior)
- Springdale First School
- Stanley Green Infant Academy
- St Clements and St Johns CE Infant School
- St James' CE Primary Academy
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Christchurch
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Poole
- St Katharine's CE Primary School
- St Luke's CE Primary School
- St Mark's CE Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- St Michael's CE Primary School
- St Walburga's Catholic Primary School
- Stourfield Infant School
- Stourfield Junior School
- Talbot Primary School
- The Epiphany School
- The Priory CE School
- Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School
- Twynham Primary School
- Winton Primary School
Secondary schools
Secondary school policies:
- Avonbourne Boys' Academy
- Avonbourne Girls' Academy
- Bournemouth School
- Bournemouth School for Girls
- Corfe Hills School
- Glenmoor Academy
- Highcliffe School
- LeAF Studio
- Magna Academy
- Oak Academy
- Parkstone Grammar School
- Poole Grammar School
- Poole High School
- St Aldhelm's Academy
- St Edwards RC CE VA School
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy
- The Bourne Academy
- The Cornerstone Academy
- The Grange School
- Twynham School
- Winton Academy
All-through schools
All-through school policies:
The Coordinated Scheme 2026 to 2027
All schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have agreed to coordinate the main entry admission and transfer process for 2026 to 2027. You may want to look at the coordinated scheme to see how we process applications.
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