Poole Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 27 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
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
136850
Address
Gravel Hill, BH17 9JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1199 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
15.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.3%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.8%
Mixed 7%
Other White 6.3%
Indian 5.5%
Other Asian 2.3%
Chinese 1.5%
African 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 91%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 70
Local authority average 50.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.51
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE41
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE139
ChemistryGCSE139
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE56
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
ElectronicsGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE179
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE32
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Poole Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
225
2nd preference
93
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
67
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
168
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
29
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
180
0
Year 8
180
180
0
Year 9
180
180
0
Year 10
177
177
0
Year 11
181
181
0
Year 12
145
145
0
Year 13
156
156
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
85.2%
85.6%
Further education
6.0%
39.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
90.0%
44.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.8%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
65.4%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
29.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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