There are 276 schools in Dorset (excluding independent schools), including 191 primary schools, 55 secondary schools, and 7 serving sixth-form education. Dorset has 3 schools with Pupil Referral Unit places, and 1 with places for teen mothers. There are no schools in Dorset under Special Measures.
Summary of School Information in Dorset
Total Schools | 276 |
Total Pupils | 99,212 |
Median Pupil/Teacher Ratio | 19.81 |
Median Free School Meals | 17% |
The median school in Dorset has 17% of its pupils entitled to free schools meals, the 22nd lowest figure in England. This represents about 17,000 pupils, or approximately 1 in 6 of Dorset's pupils. Looking at the number of pupils per teacher, the median ratio for Dorset is 19.81 school children per full-time equivalent teacher. This is the 18th highest ratio in England, and the 1st highest pupil/teacher ratio in the South West region of the UK.
The 3 schools in Dorset operating with pupil referral units offer 62 PRU places to the local area. For teen mothers, there are an unknown number of places available (data quality standards vary) from the single school providing places for teen mothers.
Looking at schools offering support for special educational needs, ; and .
Poole has the largest number of schools in Dorset, 48 in total. This is followed by Bournemouth with 44 schools, and Weymouth with 19 schools.
Primaries
191
5.76% Outstanding • 69% Good
Secondaries
55
15% Outstanding • 62% Good
Sixth Forms
7
0% Outstanding • 71% Good
Most of Dorset's primary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 131 schools or 69% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between low and good - about 17% and 13% of primary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 37% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Dorset's primary schools most commonly have a high ratio of pupils to teachers.
Name | Ages | Capacity | SEN Support | Ofsted | KS2 Attainment | Teacher/Pupil Ratio | Religion |
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Ad Astra Infant School | 4–7 yrs | 270 |
Good |
High |
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All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 119 |
Good |
Very low |
High |
Church of England | |
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Very high |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Atlantic Academy Portland | 4–16 yrs | 1,020 |
Good |
Very high |
Good |
||
Avonwood Primary School | 4–11 yrs | ||||||
Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 720 |
Good |
High |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Bayside Academy | 4–11 yrs | 330 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
||
Beaminster St Mary's Academy | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Low |
Church of England | |
Bearwood Primary and Nursery School | 3–11 yrs | 232 |
Good |
Low |
High |
||
Beechcroft St Pauls CofE Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 218 |
Requires improvement |
Good |
High |
Church of England | |
Bere Regis Primary and Preschool | 3–11 yrs | 140 |
Requires improvement |
High |
Low |
||
Bethany Church of England Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 384 |
Good |
Good |
High |
Church of England | |
Bincombe Valley Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 336 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
||
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Church of England | |
Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Good |
High |
Church of England | |
Bovington Academy | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
||||
Bridport Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
||
Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
Church of England | |
Broadmayne First School | 4–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
Very high |
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Broadstone First School | 4–9 yrs | 300 |
Very high |
||||
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
Very low |
High |
Church of England | |
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
Very high |
Very low |
Church of England | |
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | 3–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
High |
Very low |
Church of England | |
Burton Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 316 |
Good |
Very low |
High |
Church of England | |
Canford Heath Infant School | 4–7 yrs | 360 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
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Canford Heath Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 480 |
Good |
Low |
High |
||
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School | 3–9 yrs | 75 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Church of England | ||
Charmouth Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 150 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Good |
||
Cheselbourne Village School | 3–9 yrs | 60 |
Good |
Very low |
|||
Chickerell Primary Academy | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
High |
High |
||
Christ The King Catholic Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 369 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Roman Catholic | |
Christchurch Infant School | 5–7 yrs | 360 |
Outstanding |
High |
|||
Christchurch Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 496 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
||
Colehill First School | 5–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
High |
|||
Conifers Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
High |
Good |
||
Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 105 |
Requires improvement |
Low |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 436 |
Good |
Very high |
Good |
Roman Catholic | |
Courthill Infant School | 4–7 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Cranborne Church of England First School | 2–9 yrs | 140 | Church of England | ||||
Damers First School | 5–9 yrs | 450 |
Very high |
||||
Downlands Community School | 3–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Very low |
Very high |
||
Dunbury Church of England Academy | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Good |
High |
Church of England | |
Durweston Church of England Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 140 | Church of England | ||||
Elm Academy | 3–11 yrs | 480 |
Outstanding |
Good |
Good |
||
Ferndown First School | 5–9 yrs | 342 | |||||
Frome Valley CofE VA First School | 5–9 yrs | 177 |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | ||
Gillingham Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 | |||||
Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School | 5–9 yrs | 150 |
Outstanding |
High |
Church of England | ||
Hamworthy Park Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 480 |
Good |
Low |
High |
||
Hayeswood First School | 5–9 yrs | 150 |
Very high |
||||
Haymoor Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Good |
High |
||
Hazelbury Bryan Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 119 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
||
Heatherlands Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Low |
High |
||
Heathlands Primary Academy | 3–11 yrs | 226 |
Good |
Very low |
Low |
||
Henbury View First School | 5–9 yrs | 154 | |||||
Highcliffe St Mark Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 654 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Hill View Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
||
Hillbourne Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 | |||||
Hillside Community First School | 5–9 yrs | 300 |
Good |
Good |
|||
Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery | 2–11 yrs | 465 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
Church of England | |
Jewell Academy Bournemouth | 4–11 yrs | 445 |
Outstanding |
Low |
High |
||
King's Park Academy | 4–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Good |
Very high |
||
Kingsleigh Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 840 |
Good |
High |
High |
||
Kinson Academy | 4–11 yrs |
Good |
Very low |
Good |
|||
Lilliput Church of England Infant School | 4–7 yrs | 360 |
Very high |
Church of England | |||
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth | 4–19 yrs | 1,510 | |||||
Livingstone Road Infant School | 2–7 yrs | 450 |
Good |
Good |
|||
Livingstone Road Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 600 |
Good |
Very low |
Good |
||
Loders CofE Primary Academy | 2–11 yrs | 84 |
Good |
Good |
Very low |
Church of England | |
Longfleet Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Lulworth and Winfrith CofE VC Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 140 |
Good |
Low |
Low |
Church of England | |
Lytchett Matravers Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 436 |
Low |
Very high |
|||
Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 150 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
Church of England | |
Malmesbury Park Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 642 |
Good |
Good |
Very high |
||
Manor Park Church of England First School | 2–9 yrs | 450 | Church of England | ||||
Manorside Academy | 3–11 yrs | 420 |
Outstanding |
Good |
High |
||
Marshwood CofE Primary Academy | 4–11 yrs | 70 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
Church of England | |
Merley First School | 5–9 yrs | 300 |
Very high |
||||
Milborne St Andrew First School | 5–9 yrs | 115 |
Good |
Low |
|||
Milldown CofE Academy | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Church of England | |
Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 148 |
Good |
High |
Good |
Church of England | |
Moordown St John's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 411 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
Church of England | |
Motcombe CofE Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Very low |
High |
Church of England | |
Mudeford Community Infants' School | 4–7 yrs | 180 |
Good |
High |
|||
Mudeford Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 264 |
Good |
High |
High |
||
Muscliff Primary School | 5–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
||
Oakdale Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 680 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
||
Oakhurst Community First School | 5–9 yrs | 209 |
Good |
High |
|||
Ocean Academy Poole | 7–11 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Very low |
Low |
||
Okeford Fitzpaine Church of England School | 4–11 yrs | 105 |
Very low |
Church of England | |||
Old Town Infant School and Nursery | 3–7 yrs | 232 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Pamphill Church of England First School | 5–9 yrs | 75 | Church of England | ||||
Parkfield School | 4–19 yrs | 896 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Good |
||
Parley First School | 4–9 yrs | 315 | |||||
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 140 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
Church of England | |
Piddle Valley Church of England First School | 3–9 yrs | 115 |
Low |
Church of England | |||
Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 200 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
Church of England | |
Pokesdown Community Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Very high |
Very high |
|||
Portesham Church of England Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 105 | Church of England | ||||
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 70 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
Church of England | |
Puddletown Church of England First School | 5–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | ||
Queen's Park Academy | 7–11 yrs | 480 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Very high |
||
Queen's Park Infant Academy | 5–8 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Radipole Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 444 |
Good |
High |
Very high |
||
Rushcombe First School | 4–9 yrs | 308 |
Outstanding |
Good |
|||
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 5–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | |
Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 432 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
Church of England | |
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | |
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 315 |
Good |
Good |
High |
Church of England | |
Sherborne Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 330 |
Good |
High |
High |
||
Shillingstone Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
Church of England | |||
Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery | 2–9 yrs | 125 |
Good |
Low |
|||
Somerford Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 270 |
Good |
Very low |
Good |
||
Southill Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 218 |
Good |
Very low |
Very high |
||
Spetisbury CofE Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
High |
Good |
Church of England | |
Springdale First School | 5–9 yrs | 300 |
Very high |
||||
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 370 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
Church of England | |
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 200 |
Good |
Low |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 175 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth | 4–11 yrs | 243 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
Roman Catholic | |
St Catherine's Roman Catholic School | 5–11 yrs | 210 |
Requires improvement |
Good |
Low |
Roman Catholic | |
St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School | 5–7 yrs | 270 |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | ||
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers | 4–11 yrs | 120 |
Good |
Low |
Very low |
Church of England | |
St George's Church of England School, Bourton | 4–11 yrs | 119 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
High |
Church of England | |
St George's Community Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 503 |
Good |
High |
High |
||
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull | 4–11 yrs | 168 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Ives Primary & Nursery School | 2–11 yrs | 240 |
Very high |
Very high |
|||
St James Church of England First School | 5–9 yrs | 115 | Church of England | ||||
St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt | 2–9 yrs | 180 |
Good |
High |
Church of England | ||
St James' Church of England Primary Academy | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Church of England | |||
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne | 5–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
High |
Church of England | ||
St John's Church of England Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 300 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Church of England | |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch | 5–11 yrs | 235 |
Good |
Very high |
Very high |
Roman Catholic | |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
Roman Catholic | |
St Katharine's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 501 |
Good |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | |
St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 436 |
Good |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | |
St Mark's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Very low |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 168 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
High |
Roman Catholic | |
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School | 2–11 yrs | 244 |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | ||
St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester | 2–9 yrs | 179 |
Good |
Very high |
Roman Catholic | ||
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull | 3–11 yrs | 191 |
Good |
Low |
Good |
Roman Catholic | |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
Roman Catholic | |
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
Roman Catholic | |
St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster | 5–9 yrs | 205 |
Good |
High |
Church of England | ||
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas | 4–11 yrs | 119 |
Good |
High |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Michael's Church of England Primary School | 3–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
High |
High |
Church of England | |
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Lyme Regis | 4–11 yrs | 189 |
Requires improvement |
Low |
Low |
Church of England | |
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford | 4–11 yrs | 175 | Church of England | ||||
St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Child Okeford | 4–11 yrs | 175 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Church of England | |
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 | Church of England | ||||
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | 4–18 yrs | 1,650 |
Good |
Low |
Roman Catholic | ||
St. Walburga's Catholic Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
High |
High |
Roman Catholic | |
Stalbridge Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
High |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Stanley Green Infant Academy | 2–7 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 5–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
High |
Low |
Church of England | |
Stoborough Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
High |
Good |
Church of England | |
Stourfield Infant School | 5–7 yrs | 360 |
Requires improvement |
Very high |
|||
Stourfield Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 500 |
Good |
Low |
High |
||
Stower Provost Community School | 4–11 yrs | 146 |
Requires improvement |
High |
Low |
||
Sturminster Marshall First School | 4–9 yrs | 148 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
|||
Swanage Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
||
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Very high |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 112 |
Good |
Low |
High |
Church of England | |
Talbot Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 630 |
Good |
High |
Good |
||
The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
Church of England | |
The Epiphany School | 4–11 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | |
The Prince of Wales School | 4–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
The Priory Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 210 |
Good |
High |
High |
Church of England | |
Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy | 2–11 yrs | 77 | Church of England | ||||
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney | 2–11 yrs | 105 |
Good |
Very low |
High |
Church of England | |
Thornford CofE Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 105 |
High |
Low |
Church of England | ||
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School | 2–9 yrs | 150 |
Good |
Low |
|||
Trent Young's CofE Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 133 |
Good |
High |
Good |
Church of England | |
Trinity Church of England First School | 4–9 yrs | 150 | Church of England | ||||
Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School | 3–7 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Twynham Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 236 |
Good |
Very high |
|||
Upton Infant School | 4–7 yrs | 270 |
Good |
High |
|||
Upton Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 384 |
Good |
Very low |
Good |
||
Verwood Church of England First School | 2–9 yrs | 330 |
Very high |
Church of England | |||
Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 216 |
Good |
Very low |
Very high |
Church of England | |
West Moors, St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School | 2–9 yrs | 184 |
Good |
Very high |
Church of England | ||
William Barnes Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 270 |
Good |
High |
Good |
||
Wimborne First School and Nursery | 2–9 yrs | 308 | |||||
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery | 2–9 yrs | 75 |
Good |
Church of England | |||
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School | 3–9 yrs | 90 |
Outstanding |
Low |
Church of England | ||
Winton Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 840 |
Good |
Very high |
High |
||
Witchampton Church of England First School | 5–9 yrs | 75 |
Good |
Low |
Church of England | ||
Wool Church of England Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 149 | Church of England | ||||
Wyke Primary School | 4–11 yrs | 207 |
Requires improvement |
Good |
Very high |
||
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School | 7–11 yrs | 360 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
Church of England | |
Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery | 3–7 yrs | 330 |
Good |
Very high |
Most of Dorset's secondary schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 34 schools or 62% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between very high and high - about 22% and 20% of secondary schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 33% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Dorset's secondary schools most commonly have a low ratio of pupils to teachers.
Name | Ages | Capacity | SEN Support | Ofsted | P8 Attainment | Teacher/Pupil Ratio | Religion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Saints' Church of England Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Good |
Church of England | |||
Allenbourn Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 629 |
Good |
||||
Atlantic Academy Portland | 4–16 yrs | 1,020 |
Good |
Very high |
Good |
||
Avonbourne Boys' Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Low |
||||
Avonbourne Girls Academy | 11–19 yrs | 1,538 |
Good |
High |
Low |
||
Beaminster School | 11–18 yrs | 760 |
Good |
Low |
Low |
Christian | |
Bournemouth School | 11–18 yrs | 1,100 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Low |
||
Bournemouth School for Girls | 11–18 yrs | 1,195 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Low |
||
Broadstone Middle School | 9–14 yrs | 652 |
Good |
Low |
|||
Budmouth Academy Weymouth | 11–18 yrs | 1,800 |
Low |
||||
Corfe Hills School | 13–18 yrs | 1,716 |
Good |
Very high |
Very low |
||
Cranborne Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Good |
|||
Dorchester Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 600 |
Requires improvement |
High |
|||
Dorset Studio School | 11–16 yrs | 375 |
Good |
High |
Very low |
||
Emmanuel Middle Church of England Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 480 |
Good |
High |
Church of England | ||
Ferndown Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 600 | |||||
Ferndown Upper School | 13–19 yrs | 1,309 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
||
Gillingham School | 11–18 yrs | 1,850 |
Good |
Low |
Low |
||
Glenmoor Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Very high |
||
Highcliffe School | 11–19 yrs | 1,461 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
||
LeAF Studio | 13–19 yrs | 470 |
Good |
Low |
Very high |
||
Livingstone Academy Bournemouth | 4–19 yrs | 1,510 | |||||
Lockyer's Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 528 |
Good |
Good |
|||
Lytchett Minster School | 11–19 yrs | 1,600 |
Good |
High |
Low |
||
Magna Academy | 11–18 yrs | 1,100 |
Good |
Very high |
Very low |
||
Oak Academy | 11–16 yrs | 1,200 |
Requires improvement |
Very low |
Very low |
||
Parkfield School | 4–19 yrs | 896 |
Requires improvement |
High |
Good |
||
Parkstone Grammar School | 11–18 yrs | 1,300 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Good |
||
Poole Grammar School | 11–18 yrs | 1,236 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
||
Poole High School | 11–18 yrs | 1,975 |
Good |
Very high |
Very low |
||
Queen Elizabeth's School | 13–18 yrs | 1,580 |
Good |
High |
Low |
Church of England | |
Shaftesbury School | 11–18 yrs | 1,283 |
Good |
Low |
Very low |
Church of England | |
St Aldhelm's Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Good |
Low |
Very low |
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St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole | 11–18 yrs | 1,146 |
Good |
Very high |
Low |
Church of England/Roman Catholic | |
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown | 9–13 yrs | 480 |
Good |
Good |
Church of England | ||
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill | 9–13 yrs | 560 |
Good |
High |
Church of England | ||
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 720 |
Good |
Church of England | |||
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | 4–18 yrs | 1,650 |
Good |
High |
Low |
Roman Catholic | |
Sturminster Newton High School | 11–18 yrs | 900 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
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Sturminster Newton High School | 11–18 yrs | 900 | |||||
The Bishop of Winchester Academy | 11–18 yrs | 1,250 |
Good |
Low |
Very low |
Church of England | |
The Blandford School | 11–18 yrs | 1,557 |
Requires improvement |
High |
Low |
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The Bourne Academy | 11–18 yrs | 1,050 |
Good |
Good |
Very low |
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The Cornerstone Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Good |
High |
Very low |
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The Grange School | 11–19 yrs | 769 |
Good |
Good |
Very low |
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The Gryphon School | 11–18 yrs | 1,495 |
Good |
Good |
Low |
Church of England | |
The Purbeck School | 11–18 yrs | 1,200 | |||||
The Sir John Colfox Academy | 11–18 yrs | 1,024 |
Good |
Good |
Good |
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The Swanage School | 11–16 yrs | 420 |
Good |
Good |
Very low |
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The Thomas Hardye School | 13–18 yrs | 2,138 |
Outstanding |
High |
Low |
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The Woodroffe School | 11–18 yrs | 1,050 |
Outstanding |
High |
Good |
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Twynham School | 11–19 yrs | 1,650 |
Outstanding |
High |
Low |
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West Moors Middle School | 9–13 yrs | 240 |
Good |
Low |
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Wey Valley Academy | 11–16 yrs | 1,020 |
Low |
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Winton Academy | 11–16 yrs | 900 |
Outstanding |
Very high |
Very low |
Most of Dorset's sixth form schools have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 5 schools or 71% of the total. Attainment is mostly split between high and very high - about 29% and 14% of sixth form schools respectively - though we don't have data for approximately 57% of schools. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Dorset's sixth form schools most commonly have a good ratio of pupils to teachers.
Name | Ages | Capacity | SEN Support | Ofsted | P8 Attainment | Teacher/Pupil Ratio | Religion |
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Atlantic Academy Portland | 4–16 yrs | 1,020 |
Good |
Very high |
Good |
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Kingston Maurward College | 16–99 yrs |
Good |
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Livingstone Academy Bournemouth | 4–19 yrs | 1,510 | |||||
Parkfield School | 4–19 yrs | 896 |
Requires improvement |
High |
Good |
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St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School | 4–18 yrs | 1,650 |
Good |
High |
Low |
Roman Catholic | |
The Bournemouth and Poole College | 16–99 yrs |
Good |
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Weymouth College | 16–99 yrs |
Good |
Most of Dorset's pupil referral units have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 3 schools or 100% of the total. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Dorset's pupil referral units most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.
Name | Ages | Capacity | SEN Support | Ofsted | P8 Attainment | Teacher/Pupil Ratio | Religion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christchurch Learning Centre | 11–16 yrs | 40 |
Good |
Very low |
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The Compass | 5–16 yrs | 67 |
Good |
Very low |
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The Forum Centre | 5–16 yrs | 57 |
Good |
Very low |
Most of Dorset's schools with teen mother places have been rated Good by Ofsted, amounting to 1 school or 100% of the total. Looking at the number of pupils assigned to a teacher, Dorset's schools with teen mother places most commonly have a very low ratio of pupils to teachers.
Name | Ages | Capacity | SEN Support | Ofsted | P8 Attainment | Teacher/Pupil Ratio | Religion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dorchester Learning Centre | 5–18 yrs | 59 |
Good |
Very low |
City | Primaries | Secondaries | Sixth Forms | Total inc. Others |
---|---|---|---|---|
Poole | 30 | 10 | 1 | 48 |
Bournemouth | 31 | 12 | 2 | 44 |
Weymouth | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
Christchurch | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
Dorchester | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Colehill | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Gillingham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Swanage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Verwood | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Blandford Forum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Ferndown Town | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Sherborne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Sturminster Newton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Wool | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Beaminster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Corfe Mullen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Cranborne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Lytchett Minster and Upton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Shaftesbury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
West Moors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Bradpole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Chickerell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Child Okeford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hurn | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lyme Regis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lytchett Matravers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Marnhull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pamphill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Portland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Puddletown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Shillingstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
St. Leonards and St. Ives | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stinsford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Symondsbury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Wareham St. Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Wareham Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Wimborne Minster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Alderholt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Arne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bishop's Caundle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blandford St. Mary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bourton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bradford Abbas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bridport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Broadmayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Broadwindsor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buckland Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Burton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Burton Bradstock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cerne Abbas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Charminster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Charmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cheselbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Corfe Castle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Crossways | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Durweston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Evershot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fontmell Magna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Frome Vauchurch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hazelbury Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hinton Martell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Langton Matravers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Litton Cheney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Loders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Marshwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Milborne St. Andrew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Milton Abbas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mosterton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Motcombe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Netherbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Okeford Fitzpaine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Piddletrenthide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pimperne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Portesham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Powerstock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sixpenny Handley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spetisbury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stalbridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stour Provost | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sturminster Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tarrant Monkton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thorncombe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Thornford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Trent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
West Lulworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
West Parley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wimborne St. Giles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winterborne Monkton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winterborne Whitechurch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Winterbourne Abbas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Witchampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yetminster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |