Parkstone Grammar School

Poole, BH17 7EP · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole grammar school

Ofsted: Outstanding Girls
Test board
Consortium: Dorset Grammar Schools Consortium. Four schools (Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar, Poole Grammar) share one exam

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2017-10-11)

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding

Oversubscription criteria

  1. Looked after — Looked After/Previously Looked After Children (eligible = met the academic standard)
  2. Poole pupil premium — Girls in the historic Borough of Poole (or BH12/13/14/15/16/17/18/21 postcodes) eligible for Pupil Premium
  3. Poole area — Girls in the historic Borough of Poole / listed postcodes (not Pupil Premium)
  4. Outside poole pupil premium — Girls outside the Poole area eligible for Pupil Premium
  5. Outside poole score — Girls outside the Poole area, ranked by entrance test score

What the entrance test covers

One shared set of selection tests for all four BCP consortium grammar schools (Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar School, Poole Grammar School), taken once at the consortium school where you registered: 1. Mathematics (about 50 minutes) — Key Stage 2 curriculum topics. 2. English (about 45 minutes) — comprehension, vocabulary and punctuation. 3. Verbal Reasoning (about 50 minutes). Papers are multiple-choice and age-standardised; the test may only be taken once per admissions round, and the single result is used by every consortium school you apply to. Registration runs later than most areas (historically closing at 12 noon in early September of Year 6, test in late September, results by email in mid-October before the 31 October application deadline).

University destinations

Oxbridge
1%
Russell Group
41%
Top-third university
41%
Any degree
87%

Of the 141-student 2019/20 leaver cohort, sustaining a higher-education destination the following year. This is the last cohort the Department for Education published with an Oxbridge/Russell Group breakdown — these categories were discontinued as official accountability measures after this release, so a more recent figure does not exist.

House prices nearby

Median price, Creekmoor ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£335,000

Median price for the school's electoral ward, year ending March 2023 — a neighbourhood-level indicator, not the school's actual admissions catchment (catchments are often smaller than a ward or span parts of several).

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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