Poole High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
92%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.3%
25.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,891
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
1,975 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
92%
1st preference success rate
260 of 283 families who put it first got an offer
319
Places offered
708
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 283 | 260 | ● 92% |
| 2nd preference | 250 | 50 | ● 20% |
| 3rd preference | 135 | 9 | ● 7% |
| 4th preference | 40 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 708 | 319 | 45% |
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole lets families list 4 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sian Phillips
- Address
- Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BW
- Phone
- 01202666988
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Ward / constituency
- Poole Town · Poole
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150883
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TWYNHAM LEARNING
1,891 pupils · 1,975 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,607 pupils
Attendance
91.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 55.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 78.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 56.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 295 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.05 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 12.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 111 | — |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 16328: Poole High School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.