Parkstone Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 18 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Unique reference
136368
Address
Sopers Lane, BH17 7EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1222 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
6%
Free school meals (FSM)
7%
Persistent absence
11.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.1%
Mixed 7.5%
Indian 6.6%
Other White 5.1%
Other Asian 1.6%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Chinese 1.3%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 55%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 90%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 69.5
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.24
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
AstronomyGCSE17
BiologyGCSE174
Business Studies:SingleGCSE62
ChemistryGCSE174
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
EconomicsGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE175
English LiteratureGCSE173
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Parkstone Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
191
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
227
2nd preference
82
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
54
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
185
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
0
192
Year 8
192
0
192
Year 9
192
0
192
Year 10
189
0
189
Year 11
176
0
176
Year 12
144
0
144
Year 13
137
0
137
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
35.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
82.0%
49.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
63.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
24.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
41.0%
20.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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