Poole 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

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Poole 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 13 May 2025. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.

Poole 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

For Year 7 in 2026 there were 243 first-choice applications for 177 offers, 1.4 per offer, the highest of 19 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole secondary schools.
Of the 2026 Year 7 offers, 171 went to first-choice families, and 72 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 96% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 70.2 (England 46).
That 2024/25 GCSE figure was the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

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: Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Selective
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Pupils on roll: 1,224 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025

Strengths

“The school is ambitious for the pupils who attend this school.”
“They have high expectations of their behaviour and academic achievement.”
“Pupils rise to these expectations.”

To improve

“This work, with the support of trustees, is underway but is yet to be fully realised.”
“Therefore, on occasion, the quality of teaching that pupils experience is variable.”
“In these instances, teaching does not use the most appropriate activities to support pupils’ learning or check pupils’ understanding carefully enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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)	96%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	70.2	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: 243 first-preference applications, 177 offers in total, 171 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.

Parkstone Grammar School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Magna Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole 1.4 mi School remains Good
Corfe Hills School 1.5 mi Good
Poole High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Aldhelm's Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Oak Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
LeAF Studio 2.7 mi Not judged