Poole Grammar School
About the school
Poole Grammar School is a state-funded grammar school in South West England.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 13 May 2025
- Published
- 17 June 2025
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 70.2
- Poole
- 50.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Poole
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 95.50%
- Poole
- 56.70%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 98.30%
- Poole
- 74.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 60.20%
- Poole
- 44.10%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.42
- Poole
- 4.54
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B
Average A-level points
- School
- 40.02
AAB or better
- School
- 32.10%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1199
Girls
0.00%
Boys
100.00%
SEN support
13.59%
Education, health and care plan
0.83%
English as an additional language
16.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
5.90%
Overall absence
5.22
Persistent absence
10.38
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
173
Sustained education or employment
100%
Education
98%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
0%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
148
Sustained education or employment
84%
Higher education
51%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
26%
Admissions
The school has accepted students from the age of 11 (Year 7) since 2013 after a large-scale change to the structure of schooling in Poole. Applicants to Year 7 must sit an entrance exam (the 11+) in the autumn term of Year 6 to prove that they are of grammar school standard. The same entrance exam is used by Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls and Parkstone Grammar School. Poole Grammar School admits 180 students into Year 7 on 1 September of each academic year. Students are placed into one of six tutor groups, each comprising 30 students. Up to 30 external students are admitted each year into Year 12 of the school's Sixth Form.