Secondary
Poole Grammar School
Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1224 of 1375 places
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- POOLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
96%
70.2
1st 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 | 70.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 6.42 |
| Entered the EBacc | 60% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96% |
| A level average points per entry | 40.02 |
| A level students | 140 |
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 | 97% |
| 22/23 | 91% |
| 23/24 | 96% |
| 24/25 | 96% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.7 |
| 22/23 | 40.3 |
| 23/24 | 39.3 |
| 24/25 | 40.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.45 |
| 23/24 | +0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 72.2 |
| 22/23 | 70.0 |
| 23/24 | 71.3 |
| 24/25 | 70.2 |
Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU
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
- Katie Etheridge
- Address
- Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU
- Telephone
- 01202692132