Exam results & Progress 8 at The Bishop of Winchester Academy
When evaluating secondary school performance, raw exam grades only tell part of the story. The Department for Education provides several key metrics to help parents understand both the final grades achieved and the academic progress pupils make between leaving primary school and finishing their GCSEs.
Below is a breakdown of the latest published results for The Bishop of Winchester Academy, contextualised against local averages in the BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) local authority and national benchmarks.
Attainment 8 (2024-2025)
What this measures: Attainment 8 calculates the average achievement of pupils across eight key qualifications, including English and mathematics (which are double-weighted), three English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualifications, and three other approved subjects.
For the 2024-2025 cohort (1178 pupils), the school achieved a score of 49.6. This is slightly above the national state-funded mainstream average of 46.3 (for 2023-24). Within the BCP area, it ranks 10 of 22 across all BCP secondary schools with published data, including grammars. When compared specifically to the BCP average for non-selective schools (46.44), the academy performs solidly above that baseline.
Year-on-year, this represents an increase from the prior 2023-2024 score of 46.9. Notably, the score for disadvantaged pupils in the latest cohort was 41.4, highlighting the ongoing national challenge of the attainment gap.
Progress 8 (2023-2024)
Confidence Interval: -0.07 to 0.32
What this measures: Progress 8 captures the progress a pupil makes from the end of primary school to the end of secondary school. A score of 0 means pupils, on average, made the same progress as similar pupils nationally. A positive score means they made more progress.
Important Note on 2024-2025: Progress 8 was not published for 2024-2025 (no KS2 baseline for that cohort). Value shown is the most recent available year (2023-2024).
Using the most recent valid 2023-2024 data, The Bishop of Winchester Academy achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.12. This indicates that, on average, pupils achieved slightly better grades than peers with similar starting points nationally. Across all BCP secondary schools with published data, this placed them 12 of 21. The BCP average for non-selective schools in that same year was 0.11.
Basics: English and Maths
What this measures: This is the percentage of pupils achieving a "strong pass" (grade 5 or above) in both English and mathematics GCSEs.
In 2024-2025, 52.6% of pupils achieved this benchmark, an improvement from 48.8% in 2023-2024. Additionally, 72.4% achieved a "standard pass" (grade 4 or above) in both subjects.
English Baccalaureate (EBacc)
What this measures: The EBacc is a set of subjects (English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography) considered essential to many degrees and professions. The Average Point Score (APS) calculates the average grade achieved across these subjects.
At The Bishop of Winchester Academy, 45.4% of the cohort were entered for the full EBacc suite of qualifications. The resulting EBacc APS was 4.42. This is slightly above the BCP average for non-selective schools (4.16), placing the school 10 of 22 among all BCP secondary schools with published data.