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Poole Grammar School

Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Gravel Hill, Poole BH17 9JU · poolegrammar.com · 01202 692132

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected May 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
70.2
average Attainment 8 score. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 50.5, England 46
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,224
89% of 1,375 places
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
6%
First language not English
16.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Poole Grammar School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 243 families put the school first and 177 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 214 (Places 178)214September 2023: 225 (Places 178)225September 2024: 225 (Places 180)225September 2025: 212 (Places 176)212September 2026: 243 (Places 177)243Places 177
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261772431.4▲70%
September 2025Sept 20251762121.2▲80%
September 2024Sept 20241802251.3▲75%
September 2023Sept 20231782251.3▲75%
September 2022Sept 20221782141.2▲83%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 70.2, and 95.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole it was 50.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (40 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 69.9 (England 46.3)69.92017/18: 69.7 (England 46.5)69.72018/19: 72.0 (England 46.7)72.02021/22: 72.2 (England 48.8)72.22022/23: 70.0 (England 46.3)70.02023/24: 71.3 (England 45.9)71.32024/25: 70.2 (England 46.0)70.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲70.246.0
▲95.5%45.4%
▲98.3%64.8%
▲60.2%40.5%
▲6.424.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form82.3−7.5
Sixth form college0.6—
Further education11.6+5.4
Other education0.6−0.5
Apprenticeship2.2+1.1
Not in a lasting destination1.7+0.6
Activity not captured1.1—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 33.4 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 34.5 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 39.1 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 40.8 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 39.7 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 40.3 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 39.3 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 40.0 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
140 studentsB (40)Average -0.04
140 studentsB (39.9)Average -0.04
32.1%AAB or better
99.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24156B (39.3)+0.17
2022/23148B (40.3)—
2021/22175B (39.7)—
2018/19148B (40.8)+0.16
2017/18155B (39.1)+0.16
2016/17157C+ (34.5)+0.14
2015/16162C+ (33.4)-0.08

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University52.1−10.2
Other education0.7−2.1
Apprenticeship8+0.6
Employment24.5+8.5
Not in a lasting destination9.2+2.9
Activity not captured5.5+0.4

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Poole Grammar School on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
13 May 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Mar 2024

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2024Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (205 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
89%
Replies
205
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼81% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲91% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼68% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲89% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲82% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 70% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲66% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲75% agreeEngland 67%

based on 33 parents (16%) with SEND

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