Poole High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Last distance offered · Year 7 2024
Not published
From Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council · offers on 1 March 2024
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Poole High School is a secondary school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 entry.
Poole High 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 2024 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 311 first-choice applications for 316 offers; 274 offers went to first-choice families and 37 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 1.0 first choices per offer, the 8th lowest of 19 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils 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
- Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Pupils on roll
- 1,891 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51 | 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: 311 first-preference applications, 316 offers in total, 274 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.
- The Cornerstone Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Parkstone Grammar School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Magna Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Poole Grammar School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aldhelm's Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Corfe Hills School 3.3 mi Good
- Oak Academy 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
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