Poole Grammar School

Poole, BH17 9JU · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole grammar school

Ofsted: Good Boys
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 (2018-01-23)

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

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
4%
Russell Group
45%
Top-third university
54%
Any degree
80%

Of the 142-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, Canford Heath ward (Year ending Mar 2023)
£340,000

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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