Poole Grammar School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B78
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Poole, BH17 9JU
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Parkstone Grammar School
Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7EP
Local ranking6th of 24 secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 68.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 90.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 97.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 46.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 6.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 55.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B+
Avg A-Level Grade
41.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
41.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
144
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.4% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 302
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1248
- Girls
- 1248 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (96% full)
- SEND
- 13.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.9%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,688/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.7%
- Asian Indian: 6.6%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
72.7%
White British
6.6%
Asian Indian
6.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Sopers Lane
Poole, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 136368
- UKPRN
- 10032337
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- PARKSTONE GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST
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