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Poole Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,224Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136850URN

Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSelective

400 applications for 177 places · 14th of 21 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
70.2of 90
3rd of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 13 May 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 13 May 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 27 March 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

400 applications · 177 places offered · 243 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.3; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.7
  2. 2025 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.0; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.1; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.2; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.7; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.6; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.9; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.1
  13. 2014 1.8; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261774002.32431.37
Sep 20251763131.82121.20
Sep 20241803642.02251.25
Sep 20231783682.12251.26
Sep 20221783101.72141.20
Sep 20211743892.22621.51
Sep 20201813221.82121.17
Sep 20191803091.72151.19
Sep 20181792961.72061.15
Sep 20171812931.62081.15
Sep 20161803191.82321.29
Sep 20151653111.92371.44
Sep 20141612881.82001.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

178 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)70.23rd of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 5 or above in English and maths93%2nd of 23 in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.55
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17870.293%98%–
2024/2517670.296%98%–
2023/2418171.396%99%+0.55
2022/2317370.091%97%+0.45

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

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  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136850 · 839/5409
Trust
Poole Grammar School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,375 pupils · 1,224 on roll
Free school meals
6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Poole Grammar School (URN 113909)
Address
Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources