England · Grammar school
Parkstone Grammar School
Poole · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136368)
Overview
- Address
- Sopers Lane, Poole, Dorset, BH17 7EP
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,241
- Capacity
- 1,300
- Eligible for free school meals
- 7.2%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Parkstone Grammar School Trust
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area20% of Year 7 places offered in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Historic Borough of Poole or Poole postcodes BH12-BH18 and BH21; in-area Pupil Premium then in-area others ranked ahead of out-of-area applicants.Postcode areas: BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17, BH18, BH21
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Eligible girls outside the area are ranked in later categories (Pupil Premium first), after in-area applicants.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 350 applicants named this school (213 as their first choice) for 192 places. 32 of 192 offers went to children living outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 192 | 350 | 213 | 1.1 | 32 |
| Sept 2025 | 192 | 375 | 239 | 1.2 | 27 |
| Sept 2024 | 191 | 358 | 227 | 1.2 | 42 |
| Sept 2023 | 192 | 378 | 238 | 1.2 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 | 191 | 349 | 227 | 1.2 | 31 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 193 | 410 | 266 | 1.4 | 34 |
| Sept 2020 | 194 | 340 | 240 | 1.2 | 46 |
| Sept 2019 | 180 | 318 | 242 | 1.3 | 31 |
| Sept 2018 | 179 | 313 | 220 | 1.2 | 26 |
| Sept 2017 | 181 | 312 | 212 | 1.2 | 27 |
| Sept 2016 | 180 | 339 | 241 | 1.3 | 17 |
| Sept 2015 | 168 | 304 | 231 | 1.4 | 48 |
| Sept 2014 | 165 | 315 | 250 | 1.5 | 32 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (parkstone.poole.sch.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 January 2011
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 20 May 2025. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (5)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 67.6 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 90.9% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 38.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 67.8 (2023/24) → 68.5 (2024/25) → 67.6 (2025/26).
186 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- BH17 7EP
- Map location
- 50.74587, -1.98682
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01202605605
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.parkstone.poole.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136368) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026