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Poole Grammar School

Poole · Boys only · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136850)

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Overview

Address
Gravel Hill, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9JU
Status
Open
Admits
Boys only
Age range
11 to 18
Number of pupils
1,224
Capacity
1,375
Eligible for free school meals
6%
Sixth form
Yes
School type
Academy converter
Religious character
None
Trust
Not yet available
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
For September 2027 entry, priority within the Pupil Premium and other groups goes to boys living in the historic Borough of Poole or in the BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17 and BH18 postcode districts and the BH21 3 sector, in order of test score.Postcode areas: BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17, BH18, BH21 3
Children from outside the catchment
Sometimes: For September 2027 entry, eligible boys from outside Poole are ranked after Poole boys in the matching group (Pupil Premium, then others), by test score.

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 400 applicants named this school (243 as their first choice) for 177 places. 33 of 177 offers went to children living outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Applications and offers by September intake
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sept 20261774002431.433
Sept 20251763132121.241
Sept 20241803642251.329
Sept 20231783682251.324
Sept 20221783102141.229
Show all 13 years
Earlier intakes
IntakePlaces offeredApplicantsFirst choiceFirst choices per placeOffers to children outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sept 20211743892621.540
Sept 20201813222121.231
Sept 20191803092151.249
Sept 20181792962061.237
Sept 20171812932081.135
Sept 20161803192321.326
Sept 20151653112371.449
Sept 20141612882001.246

"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) (poolegrammar.com), 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 July 2011

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 13 May 2025. Read the report ↗

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Sixth form provision
Good

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.

Inspection history (9)
  • 13 May 2025: School inspection · report
  • 26 March 2024: School inspection · report
  • 26 November 2020: Monitoring visit · report
  • 23 January 2018: Full inspection, Good · report
  • 1 July 2016: Monitoring visit · report
  • 1 December 2015: Full inspection, Requires Improvement · report
  • 25 June 2014: Full inspection, Outstanding · report
  • 14 February 2012: Academy conversion letter · report
  • 9 January 2012: Interim assessment · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
MeasureThis schoolSelective schools in EnglandAll state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).70.272.146.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths92.7%93.7%46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths50.6%57.7%14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98.3%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: 71.3 (2023/24) → 70.2 (2024/25) → 70.2 (2025/26).

178 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 9JU
Map location
50.75462, -1.98017
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Telephone
01202692132

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

School website
www.poolegrammar.com
Official register record
Get Information About Schools (URN 136850) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026