Christchurch Learning Centre
Christchurch Learning Centre is a pupil referral unit in Christchurch for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 24 pupils and room for 40. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.
29 Stour Road, Christchurch, BH23 1PJ01202 471410clc.dorset.sch.ukMr Philip Gavin headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 21 June 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (22), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), emotional and mental health (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 19 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 50% | 46% | 55% | 53% | 31% | 53% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 13% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 88% | 95% | 100% | 69% | 84% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 13% | 5% | 0% | 31% | 16% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 9 pupils who left in 2021/22 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 33% | 44% |
| Education | 11% | 33% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 11% |
| Work | 22% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 56% | 44% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Futures Autism Unlimited | Special post 16 institution | 270 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Christchurch Infant School | Academy | 320 m | 285 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Christchurch Junior School | Academy | 340 m | 479 | Good 2022 | 70 | Compare |
| Twynham School | Academy | 450 m | 1,651 | Good 2024 | 71 | Compare |
| Connie Rothman School | Independent (grammar) | 610 m | 40 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Priory Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 710 m | 198 | Report card 2026 | 14 | Compare |
| Twynham Primary School | Free school | 0.9 miles | 215 | Not inspected | 89 | Compare |
| St Katharine's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 435 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Christchurch Learning Centre a good school?
Christchurch Learning Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in June 2023.
What is Christchurch Learning Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Christchurch Learning Centre good at its last full inspection on 21 June 2023.
How many pupils does Christchurch Learning Centre have?
24 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 40 places, so it is 60% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 29 Stour Road, Christchurch, BH23 1PJ
- Telephone
- 01202 471410
- Website
- www.clc.dorset.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Gavin
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward
- Christchurch Town
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2003 (new provision)
- URN
- 134374 · LAESTAB 8391106 · UKPRN 10016560
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.