Parkstone Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parkstone Grammar School is a secondary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Parkstone Grammar School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 213 first-choice applications for 192 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 7th highest of 19 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole secondary schools.
- 179 Year 7 offers in 2026 went to first-choice families, and 34 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- 40 of the 350 applications (11%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, and 32 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 90% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was B+ (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Sopers Lane, Poole, BH17 7EP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 1,241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of Parkstone Grammar School.”
- “Many are keen to represent the school in the local community.”
- “A very high standard of behaviour provides excellent conditions for learning.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, there remains a need for greater clarity as pupils do not all study the same, carefully considered selection of curriculum content over time.”
- “Sometimes teaching does not identify where pupils’ understanding of new curriculum content is not secure.”
- “Where gaps in pupils’ knowledge are brought to light, teaching is not consistently adapted in response.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 90% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 68.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 213 first-preference applications, 192 offers in total, 179 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Poole Grammar School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Magna Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Poole High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corfe Hills School 1.8 mi Good
- The Cornerstone Academy 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aldhelm's Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oak Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
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