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Parkstone Grammar School

URN
136368
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Parkstone Grammar School
URN
136368
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Girls
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

93 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

91

Destinations

68

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of secondary schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#4 of 21 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for Parkstone Grammar School

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
22 June 2025
Inspection date
20 May 2025
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 22 June 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Outstanding

    Graded 22 June 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

192

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

375

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

192

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.95×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.parkstone.poole.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

68.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

90.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

97.8%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

46.2%

EBacc achievement

Location

BH17 7EP - Sopers Lane, Poole, Dorset

Contact details

Address
Sopers Lane, Poole, Dorset
Postcode
BH17 7EP
Phone
1202605605
Website
http://www.parkstone.poole.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Local authority code
839

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 125 schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Authority statistics

Total schools

125

Open schools

117

Closed schools

8

Primary schools

68

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 22 June 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 22 June 2025

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 22 June 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    22 June 202520 May 2025S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 22 June 2025
    15 May 202418 April 2024-School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 15 May 2024
    • Inspection

      Published
      22 June 2025
      Inspected
      20 May 2025
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      15 May 2024
      Inspected
      18 April 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    51.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 182

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    41.4%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Above average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    41.8

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.13

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    26.4%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    97.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    2.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    23

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary68 (54.4%)
    • Secondary23 (18.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other34 (27.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Parkstone Grammar School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Hillbourne Primary School626 mPrimaryOpen
    Hillbourne Primary School626 mPrimaryClosed
    Montacute School686 mNot applicableClosed
    Montacute School686 mNot applicableOpen
    Hillbourne Community First School and Nursery708 mPrimaryClosed
    Hillbourne Community Middle School807 mMiddle deemed primaryClosed
    Longspee Academy1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    Longspee School1.1 kmNot applicableClosed
    Poole Grammar School1.1 kmSecondaryClosed
    • Parkstone Grammar School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Hillbourne Primary School
      Distance
      626 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Hillbourne Primary School
      Distance
      626 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Montacute School
      Distance
      686 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Avonbourne Boys' AcademySecondaryBH7 6NZOpen
    Avonbourne Girls AcademySecondaryBH7 6NYOpen
    Bournemouth SchoolSecondaryBH8 9PYOpen
    Bournemouth School for GirlsSecondaryBH8 9UJOpen
    Corfe Hills SchoolSecondaryBH18 9BGOpen
    • Avonbourne Boys' Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BH7 6NZ
      Status
      Open
    • Avonbourne Girls Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BH7 6NY
      Status
      Open
    • Bournemouth School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BH8 9PY
      Status
      Open
    • Bournemouth School for Girls
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      BH8 9UJ
      Status
      Open
    • Corfe Hills School
    Montacute School
    Distance
    686 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Hillbourne Community First School and Nursery
    Distance
    708 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Hillbourne Community Middle School
    Distance
    807 m
    Phase
    Middle deemed primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Longspee Academy
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Longspee School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Poole Grammar School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    BH18 9BG
    Status
    Open