Secondary
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Dale Valley Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3HY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1093 of 1146 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
51%
46.4
4th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Poole we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.27 |
| Entered the EBacc | 69% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.66 |
| A level students | 76 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 51% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.9 |
| 22/23 | 30.2 |
| 23/24 | 33.5 |
| 24/25 | 28.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.15 |
| 22/23 | +0.18 |
| 23/24 | +0.09 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.6 |
| 22/23 | 46.4 |
| 23/24 | 44.8 |
| 24/25 | 46.4 |
Dale Valley Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3HY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Chris Barnett
- Address
- Dale Valley Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3HY
- Telephone
- 01202740950