- Avonbourne School
Avonbourne School is a Business and Enterprise College for 11- to 16-year-old girls on Harewood Avenue in
Bournemouth ,Dorset .The school was originally located in building on Lowther Road. The old building was used by
Bournemouth School and as a hospital until 1939. In 1940 the main building was taken over by the newPortchester School , an all-boys senior school. The nearby Alma Road Boys School became an infant and junior school and the Alma Road Girls School became a senior school for girls in the local area. The Alma Road schools were bombed in an air raid in 1940 and the girls senior school moved into the Lowther Road building.The school changed its name to Avonbourne in 1948 and remained at Lowther Road until 1970. New buildings for Portchester School were built next to Avonbourne in 1975 and both schools now share sports facilities and playing fields. The site of the school at Lowther Road is now used by Malmsbury Park Primary School who moved into a new building there in 1972.
The catchment area of Avonbourne and Portchester schools is from many parts of Bournemouth, mostly the Iford area, where the school is located, and Boscombe, Springbourne, Pokesdown, Southbourne, Charminster and Bournemouth centre. Being popular, many out-of-catchment-area pupils come to the school.
External links
* [http://www.avonbourne.org/ Avonbourne School]
Avonbourne is a successful business and enterprise college located on Harewood avenue in Bournemouth. With over 1000 students is a large school in which many interesting and varied subjects are taught with the aid of interactive whiteboards and the new creative technology suite.
The head teacher Mrs Godfrey-Phaure believe the education of the school is vital and strives to make sure we are all settled, happy and learning in the most unique and interesting ways. We use things such as maps (mind-maps, circle maps etc), De Bono's thinking hat, which encourages us to think in a variety of ways to get different answers etc.
Its a brilliant secondary school and is highly recommended for your daughter.
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