Poole High School
Secondary · Poole · BH15 2BW
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 28 September 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,891 pupils · 96% of 1,975 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 20.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- https://www.poolehigh.co.uk/
- URN
- 150883
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 311 families named it first for 316 Year 7 places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold 4 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 28 September 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.98 first-choice applications per place316 places offered · 311 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Category 4e (Out-of-area)
- 2.223 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Poole school admissions · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
295 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
A-level results (2024/2025)
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Attainment 8, 2024/2025
On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Durrington High School | 49.8 | |
| The Thomas Hardye School | 49.8 | |
| Caludon Castle School | 46.5 | |
| The Chase | 51.9 | |
| St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | 44.5 | |
| The Nobel School | 50.2 | |
| Steyning Grammar School | 48.7 | |
| Kettering Buccleuch Academy | 48.3 | |
| Highfields School | 51.7 | |
| The Regis School | 43.6 | |
| The Bicester School | 47.9 | |
| Fred Longworth High School | 45.9 |
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 77% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 70%, England 59%) · Any other White background 8% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 10%, England 7%) · Black African 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
19.68 suspensions per 100 pupils and 6 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: 21.20 suspensions and 0.34 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
66.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,993; 4.8% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 7% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £1,218,000; in-year balance -£10,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Where students go after sixth form
Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 31.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 18.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 24.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 48% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 48.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 23% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 28.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 9.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 35.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 13.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 26.2% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015465 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £310,000332 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £208,000–£400,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 20an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted