Ballard School

All-through · independent · Protestant/Evangelical · ages 2–16 · 456 pupils · BH25 5SU

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37.1%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 937.1% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above55.7% (typical 19.5%)

62 pupils at the end of Year 11.

Sports facilities on site

Swimming pool (18 m, 4 lanes), sports hall (4 courts), artificial hockey pitch, 2 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, cricket, grass hockey, tennis courts, dance or fitness studio.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

Run by the charity Ballard School Limited (registered charity 307328). Its latest accounts, to August 2025: income £7.4m, spending £8.0m, 169 employees, reserves £6.2m. That is about £16,200 of income per pupil, mostly fees.

The charity's register entry and accounts.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
Attainment 8 and the English and maths measures aren't shown for independent schools: the government's versions leave out IGCSEs, which most independents take, so they read far too low (often 0%). The grade shares here count every GCSE and IGCSE entry.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
The charity may run more than the school (a nursery, boarding, lettings or other schools), so treat per-pupil figures as rough.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Charity Commission register of charities; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
Art and Design	39	35.9%	13.2%	56.4%	100%
History	23	30.4%	15.2%	30.4%	87%
Geography	22	31.8%	13.6%	63.6%	90.9%
Spanish	20	25%	15.3%	50%	85%
Food Preparation & Nutrition	19	42.1%	11.5%	73.7%	100%
Biology	18	44.4%	28.6%	72.2%	100%
Physical Education	18	16.7%	12.8%	27.8%	83.3%
Physics	17	58.8%	29.4%	70.6%	100%
Chemistry	16	50%	31.4%	81.3%	100%
Computer Science	12	66.7%	19.9%	75%	91.7%
Religious Studies	10	0%	19%	0%	60%
Music	8	62.5%	20.5%	100%	100%
Drama	6	83.3%	15.9%	83.3%	100%
French	5	0%	18.1%	0%	0%

Sports facilities on site

Swimming pool (18 m, 4 lanes), sports hall (4 courts), artificial hockey pitch, 2 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, cricket, grass hockey, tennis courts, dance or fitness studio.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities