Poole High School
Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
This school is closed (it closed in May 2024).
It was replaced by Poole High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Gray
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Poole
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,975
- Pupils on roll
- 1,875
- URN
- 113907
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
About this school
Poole High School was a foundation secondary school in Poole. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,875 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Poole High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 310 | 320 |
| Attainment 8 score | 52.0 | 51.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.72 +0.55 to +0.88 | +0.54 +0.39 to +0.70 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 55.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 76.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 56% | 55.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Trends over time
How Poole High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52 | 39.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51 | 38.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,859 |
| 2023/24 | 1,875 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Poole High School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.5% | 19.4% | 1,875 | — |
| Poole High School | 51 | 8.8% | 20.6% | 1,891 | 0.0 miles |
| The Cornerstone Academy | 41 | 12.2% | 40.8% | 645 | 1.0 miles |
| St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole | 46.4 | 7.4% | 13.8% | 1,093 | 1.4 miles |
| Parkstone Grammar School | 68.5 | 5.1% | 6.9% | 1,241 | 1.5 miles |
| Magna Academy | 44.3 | 7.9% | 24.8% | 938 | 1.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.4%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 9.5%
- Persistent absence
- 25%
Location
Nearby schools
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Poole High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Poole
-
The Cornerstone Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Poole
-
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole1.4 miles
Secondary · Poole
-
Parkstone Grammar School1.5 miles
Secondary · Poole
-
Magna Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Poole
Other schools in Poole
- Lytchett Minster School Secondary
- Magna Academy Secondary
- Parkstone Grammar School Secondary
- Poole Grammar School Secondary
- Poole High School Secondary
- St Aldhelm's Academy Secondary
- St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole Secondary
- The Cornerstone Academy Secondary
- Ad Astra Infant School Primary
- Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bayside Academy Primary
- Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Poole High School teach?
- Poole High School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Poole.
- Has Poole High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Poole High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Poole High School?
- Poole High School had 1,875 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Poole High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 52 in 2022/23 and 51 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Poole High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Poole High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.