Poole Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to PGS) is a selective, all boys grammar school in Poole, on the south coast of England. The school moved to its current site between Broadstone and Canford Heath on the A349 (Gravel Hill) on 11 October, 1966. It was originally situated in Seldown, in the centre of Poole, where it was founded in 1904.
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Poole Grammar School (commonly abbreviated to PGS) is a selective, all boys grammar school in Poole, on the south coast of England. The school moved to its current site between Broadstone and Canford Heath on the A349 (Gravel Hill) on 11 October, 1966. It was originally situated in Seldown, in the centre of Poole, where it was founded in 1904.
The school is viewed as one of the premier mathematics and computing schools in the country and is thus sponsored by the Specialist Schools Trust to engage the local and international community with its work. Its alumni include Edgar F. Codd, the inventor of the relational database and a recipient of the Turing Award, and Richard Oakes, guitarist in the now defunct band Suede.
The school has in attendance 960 boys from the surrounding area aged 12 to 18. To gain acceptance to the school, students must sit and pass four exams testing mathematics, English writing, verbal, and non-verbal reasoning.
Excellence in the fields of sport or arts is not...
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