St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole

Term dates

Voluntary aided schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's full dates

Admissions

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

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Church of England/Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 190 families put this school as their first choice, and 170 places were offered. 159 of the families who put it first got a place (84%). 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.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 23 November 2022: School remains 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

Voluntary aided school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1093 (capacity 1146)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England/Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Salisbury

Phone

01202740950

Address

Dale Valley Road, Oakdale, Poole, BH15 3HY

Website

website.network.st-edwards.poole.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports