£3.8 million from the UK Government to build new sports facilities. In 2022 Poole Grammar School's under 15s rugby side reached the finals of the national schools rugby, beating Dr. Challoner's Grammar School 22-12 in the semi-finals, and lost the national final 19-17 to Hill House School, Doncaster at the Saracen's Stadium at Barnet Copthall. Also in 2022 Poole Grammar School's inaugural croquet team beat Canford School. The pupils partake in many sports throughout the year from football to tennis. During the winter term, pupils participate in rugby during their games lessons. During the spring term, the pupils play football. In the summer term, pupils play a variety of games including cricket, tennis and softball. Most of these sports contain an inter-form tournament towards the end of the term. Pupils competing in cross country running train on Canford Heath during lunch hour. Year 7 Entry The school has accepted pupils from the age of 11 (Year 7) since 2013 after a large-scale change to the structure of schooling in Poole. Large-scale construction work west of the main entrance between 2006 and 2009 added the Ashley Thorne Building, a three-storey wing housing four new classrooms, a new music department and a fully equipped drama studio which often hosts productions. Other smaller adjustments have been made around the school to help group subject lessons into rooms closer to each other. The location of the new buildings was chosen to prevent the reduction in the size of the school's playing fields, although the new food technology block was built where the athletics area used to be. A new rubber-surfaced pitch has also been built within this area, as well as a new set of long-jumping pits. Headteachers Mr. John Dyson Esq. 1904-1906 (Chairman of Governors, no Headmaster yet appointed) Mr. G. E. Boyer, 1906-7 Mr. Albert James Mockridge, 1907-1928 Mr. Archibald Greenfield, 1928-1950 Mr. Frank H. Stevens, 1950-1954 Mr. John Cleave, 1954-1972 (after whom the school theatre is named) Mr. Nigel Gilpin, 1973-1990 (to whom the school's main hall is dedicated) Mr. Haydn Adams, 1990 Mr. John Wheway, 1990 Mr. Alex Clarke, 1990-2004 Mr. Ian Carter, 2004-2014 Mr. Andy Baker, 2014-2020 Dr. Amanda J Smith, 2020- Notable former pupils Nick Aplin Edgar F. Codd, invented relational databases when at IBM's San Jose Research Laboratory in California Jim Cregan, musician Michael Joseph Crumpton FRS was Director of Research (Laboratories) for the Imperial Cancer Research