Poole Grammar School

Term dates

This school's own term dates broadly match Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

Selective school: Year 7 entry is by an entrance test (the 11+). Registration for the test usually closes in the summer of Year 5.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 243 families put this school as their first choice, and 177 places were offered. 171 of the families who put it first got a place (70%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

11+ entrance test

This school uses Bournemouth and Poole Grammar Schools Consortium Test (Dorset Consortium), a shared test used by 3 other schools. Your child sits one test, and the result is shared with every school in the group that you apply to.

How shared 11+ tests work

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 13 May 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1224 (capacity 1375)

Gender

Boys

Academy trust

POOLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Admissions

Selective (entrance test)

Phone

01202692132

Address

Gravel Hill, Poole, BH17 9JU

Website

poolegrammar.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports