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Poole High School

Poole, BH15 2BW · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · secondary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Secondary
6.6/10 Above average

10th of 22 secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole we can score, 23 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 8.0/10 against 920 of them, against 7.5/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 55.6 · 75 45% 3.39
Ofsted 52 40% 2.07
Attainment 8 2024/25 51.0 · 74 15% 1.12

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 55.6% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The school’s Attainment 8 score was 51.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Ofsted rated the school Good in July 2024. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 7.5 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 1875 pupils in a capacity of 1975, leaving 100 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are not yet meeting the national median in Attainment 8? What specific opportunities exist for students to develop interests outside the core curriculum? How does the school maintain its Good Ofsted rating while managing a student body that is fairly full?

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