Schools in Bournemouth and Poole from 1800
(This page refers to schools in areas of higher habitation and is not intended to include every school)
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In 1911 the population of Bournemouth was 78,674 and that of Poole 38,885.
The families of workers involved in the growth of Bournemouth town centre lived in Kinson, Winton and Springbourne.
As well as voluntary church schools, the following schools were in existence at the turn of the twentieth century:
Bournemouth and Poole circa 1910
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Kinson School (1836)
St Peter's School (1850)
St John's School (1853)
Pokesdown National School (1857)
St Mark's School (1862)
St Michael's School (1867)
St Clement's School (1871)
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Winton School (1877) which split in 1911 to become Winton Boys' School and Moordown Girls' School
Bourne School for Girls (1895), later to become Uplands School
Bournemouth School (1901) opened its doors to students on the same day Queen Victoria died
Poole Grammar School (1904) opened for boys and girls in Seldown
Parkstone Grammar School (1905), which was also mixed
Once the 1921 Act raised the school leaving age to 14 more senior schools were needed, although it took some time for this to be put in place.
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East Howe School was built in 1912 catering for 4-11 year
olds, but in 1937 it changed to East Howe Senior School.
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St Peter's School opened in 1936, becoming a
comprehensive school in 1980.
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In 1938 Kemp Welch School opened in Alderney.
Henry Harbin School opened in 1939.
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Beaufort Secondary Modern opened in 1939.
Bournemouth and Poole circa 1920
The 1940s saw new schools being built to cater for the children in Boscombe, Springbourne, Southbourne and Iford:
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1940 - Boscombe County Secondary School
1940 - Portchester School for Boys was created at the site of the first Bournemouth School
1948 - Portchester moved to its current site and Avonbourne Girls' School was built alongside
Bournemouth and Poole circa 1940
The next few decades saw some new schools being built, some old schools changing name and status and a few schools closing down:
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1953 - Summerbee Secondary Modern School opened
1963 - St Edward's Roman Catholic School opened
1967 - East Howe Senior School changed name to Kingsleigh, (changes again in 2000 to King's High and again in 2010 to Bourne Academy)
1967 - Boscombe Secondary closed its doors
1974 - Oakmead School opened
1976 - Corfe Hills School in Broadstone opened
1987 - Beaufort Secondary Modern closed its doors
1989 - Ashdown School opened (later Magna Academy)
Poole circa 1980