Bournemouth School for Girls vs Poole Grammar School
Both are grammar schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 5.6 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.
Side by side
| Bournemouth School for Girls | Poole Grammar School | |
|---|---|---|
| Phase | Secondary | Secondary |
| Gender | Girls | Boys |
| Pupils on roll | 1,259 | 1,199 |
| Free school meals | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| Ofsted rating | Outstanding | Not judged |
| Attainment 8 — 2024/25 | 72.2 | 70.2 |
| A-level average points — 2024/25 | 37.54 | 40.02 |
| 11+ test board | GL Assessment | GL Assessment |
| Admission system | pass/fail then criteria order | pass/fail then criteria order |
| Places offered — 202627 | 180 | 177 |
| First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place | 1.33 | 1.37 |
Qualifying scores
Bournemouth School for Girls
No fixed published pass mark. The four-school BCP consortium test (maths, English, verbal reasoning) is age-standardised, and each school determines eligibility and applies its own oversubscription criteria (with local priority elements). No cutoff score is pre-announced.
Poole Grammar School
No fixed published pass mark. The four-school BCP consortium test (maths, English, verbal reasoning) is age-standardised, and each school determines eligibility and applies its own oversubscription criteria (with local priority elements). No cutoff score is pre-announced.
Who gets priority
Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.
Bournemouth School for Girls
- Looked After/Previously Looked After Children (all given equal priority)
- Girls eligible for Pupil Premium, ranked by entrance test score
- 100 places assigned to the highest-scoring girls overall (out of PAN 180), regardless of catchment
- Remaining girls living in the designated catchment area (BH1-BH12, BH23 1-3) not eligible for Pupil Premium, ranked by s
Source: school admissions policy.
Poole Grammar School
- Children looked after by a local authority and previously looked after children (including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state car
- Children with an exceptional medical or social need to attend this particular school, supported by written professional evidence (where the LA or school include
- Children who will have a sibling on the roll of the school (or a linked infant/junior school, where the published arrangements say so) at the time of admission.
- Children living in the school's catchment / priority admission / designated / normal / geographical priority area (terminology varies by LA). Living in the area
- Children living nearest to the school, measured by the method in the published admission arrangements (commonly straight-line or shortest safe walking route fro
Source: la_default admissions policy.
Choosing between them
Bournemouth School for Girls is a girls school and Poole Grammar School is a boys school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.
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