Dorset school admissions: last distances offered, Ofsted and results

Browse 184 open schools in Dorset, England. Admissions cut-off figures are not loaded yet.

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Secondary applications close on 31 October; primary applications close on 15 January. Apply through your home council, even when choosing a school across a council boundary. How to apply for a school place.

Secondary

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
All Saints' Church of England Academy	Requires improvement	Not published	598
Beaminster School	Good	Not published	673
Budmouth Academy Weymouth	Requires improvement	Not published	1,466
Dorset Studio School	Good	Not published	332
Ferndown Upper School	Report card: Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 2 areas	Not published	1,134
Gillingham School	Not loaded	Not published	Not published
Lytchett Minster School	School remains Good	Not published	1,624
Milton Abbey School	Not loaded	Not published	190
Queen Elizabeth's School	Requires improvement	Not published	1,375
Shaftesbury School	Good	Not published	782
Sherborne School	Not loaded	Not published	538
Sherborne School for Girls	Not loaded	Not published	456
Sturminster Newton High School	Report card: Expected standard in all 7 graded areas	Not published	605
The Blandford School	Good	Not published	1,103
The Gryphon School	School remains Good	Not published	1,569
The Purbeck School	Improved significantly	Not published	1,022
The Sir John Colfox Academy	School remains Good	Not published	756
The Swanage School	Good	Not published	349
The Thomas Hardye School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	2,014
The Woodroffe School	Good	Not published	886
Wey Valley Academy	Good	Not published	994

Primary

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	130
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	411
Beaminster St Mary's Academy	Good	Not published	140
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	189
Bere Regis Primary and Preschool	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	119
Bincombe Valley Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas	Not published	291
Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School	Standards maintained	Not published	208
Bovington Academy	Good	Not published	180
Bridport Primary School	Good	Not published	267
Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	194
Broadmayne First School and Nursery	Good	Not published	139
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	93
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in all 7 graded areas	Not published	110
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School	Standards maintained	Not published	99
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School	Good	Not published	77
Charmouth Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	71
Cheselbourne Village School	School remains Good	Not published	49
Chickerell Primary Academy	Standards maintained	Not published	420
Colehill First School	Good	Not published	148
Conifers Primary School	Good	Not published	324
Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	87
Cranborne Church of England First School	Good	Not published	73
Damers First School	Standards maintained	Not published	475
Downlands Community School	Report card: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 3 areas	Not published	201
Dunbury Church of England Academy	School remains Good	Not published	131
Durweston Church of England Primary School	Report card: Strong standard in all 7 graded areas	Not published	144
Ferndown First School	School remains Good	Not published	348
Frome Valley CofE First School	Good in 2 areas, Requires improvement in 3 areas	Not published	141
Gillingham Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas	Not published	233
Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First School	Outstanding	Not published	134
Hayeswood First School	Good	Not published	148
Hazelbury Bryan Primary School	Good	Not published	114
Henbury View First School	Good	Not published	148
Hillside Community First School	School remains Good	Not published	221
Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery	Good	Not published	471
Loders CofE Primary Academy	Standards maintained	Not published	72
Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	95
Lytchett Matravers Primary School	Good	Not published	484
Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	137
Manor Park Church of England First School	Report card: Expected standard in all 7 graded areas	Not published	396
Marshwood CofE Primary Academy	Requires improvement	Not published	43
Milborne St Andrew First School	School remains Good	Not published	43
Milldown CofE Academy	Good	Not published	200
Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	119
Motcombe CofE Primary School	Good	Not published	146
Oakhurst Community First School	Report card: Expected standard in all 7 graded areas	Not published	173
Pamphill Church of England First School	Good	Not published	67
Parley First School	Good	Not published	313
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	132
Piddle Valley Church of England First School	Good	Not published	40
Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	183
Portesham Church of England Primary School	Good in all 4 graded areas	Not published	46
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	33
Puddletown Church of England First School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	134
Radipole Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	437
Rushcombe First School	Outstanding	Not published	313
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Good	Not published	109
Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Good	Not published	342
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas	Not published	333
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School	Report card: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5 areas	Not published	336
Sherborne Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2 areas	Not published	304
Shillingstone Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	103
Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery	School remains Good	Not published	73
Southill Primary School	Good	Not published	212
Spetisbury CofE Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	187
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 6 areas	Not published	99
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	Some aspects not as strong	Not published	225
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	101
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth	Good	Not published	201
St Catherine's Roman Catholic School	Report card: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 areas	Not published	100
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers	Good	Not published	85
St George's Church of England School, Bourton	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	142
St George's Foundation Primary School	Report card: Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1 area	Not published	406
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull	Requires improvement	Not published	51
St Ives Primary & Nursery School	Outstanding	Not published	245
St James Church of England First School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	134
St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt	School remains Good	Not published	125
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne	Good	Not published	148
St John's Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	224
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	81
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	242
St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester	School remains Good	Not published	177
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull	Good	Not published	82
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage	Good	Not published	175
St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster	Good	Not published	148
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas	Report card: Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2 areas	Not published	90
St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	148
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Lyme Regis	Requires improvement	Not published	59
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School	Outstanding in 1 area, Good in 4 areas	Not published	213
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford	Report card: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas, Urgent improvement in 1 area	Not published	125
Stalbridge Church of England Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	188
Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Outstanding in 1 area, Good in 4 areas	Not published	70
Stoborough Church of England Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	195
Stower Provost Community School	Good in all 5 graded areas	Not published	92
Sturminster Marshall First School	Good in 3 areas, Requires improvement in 2 areas	Not published	49
Swanage Primary School	Good	Not published	222
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	89
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	Outstanding in 2 areas, Good in 3 areas	Not published	107
The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury	School remains Good	Not published	201
The Prince of Wales School	Outstanding in 3 areas, Good in 2 areas	Not published	156
Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	Requires improvement	Not published	34
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney	Good in 4 areas, Requires improvement in 1 area	Not published	115
Thornford CofE Primary School	Outstanding in 2 areas, Good in 3 areas	Not published	104
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School	Good	Not published	84
Trent Young's CofE Primary School	Standards maintained	Not published	143
Trinity Church of England First School	Outstanding in 2 areas, Good in 3 areas	Not published	128
Upton Infant School	School remains Good	Not published	250
Upton Junior School	Good	Not published	351
Verwood Church of England First School	Good	Not published	289
Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	165
William Barnes Primary School	School remains Good	Not published	162
Wimborne First School and Nursery	Good	Not published	400
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery	School remains Good	Not published	70
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School	Report card: Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1 area	Not published	60
Witchampton Church of England First School	Good	Not published	45
Wool Church of England Primary School	Good	Not published	116
Wyke Primary School	Requires improvement	Not published	161
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School	Good	Not published	340
Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery	Standards maintained	Not published	220
Yarrells Preparatory School	Not loaded	Not published	238

All-through

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
Atlantic Academy Portland	Report card: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 areas	Not published	769
Bryanston School	Not loaded	Not published	776
Clayesmore School	Not loaded	Not published	414
Leweston School	Not loaded	Not published	577
Ringwood Waldorf School	Good	Not published	248

Middle

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
Allenbourn Middle School	Outstanding in 2 areas, Good in 2 areas	Not published	499
Cranborne Middle School	Some aspects not as strong	Not published	265
Dorchester Middle School	Report card: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 1 area	Not published	527
Emmanuel Church of England Middle School	Good	Not published	434
Ferndown Middle School	School remains Good	Not published	600
Lockyer's Middle School	Good	Not published	436
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown	Some aspects not as strong	Not published	441
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill	School remains Good	Not published	563
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School	Good	Not published	714
West Moors Middle School	Report card: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas	Not published	240

Other

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
Castle Court School	Not loaded	Not published	227
Dumpton School	Not loaded	Not published	338
Hanford School	Not loaded	Not published	69
Port Regis Preparatory School	Not loaded	Not published	305
Sherborne Preparatory School	Not loaded	Not published	204
Sunninghill Preparatory School	Not loaded	Not published	167

Sixth form / 16+

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
Coastland College	Not loaded	Not published	Not published

Special and alternative provision

School	Ofsted	Last distance offered	Pupils
Arbour House School	Outstanding	Not published	39
Aurora Beeches School	Good	Not published	48
Aurora Boveridge College	Not loaded	Not published	Not published
Beaucroft Foundation School	Good	Not published	241
Dorchester Learning Centre	Good	Not published	54
Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd	Not loaded	Not published	Not published
Graduately Developing Futures	Good	Not published	23
Harbour School Dorset	Good	Not published	145
Harbour Vale School	Good	Not published	23
Kingfisher School	Not loaded	Not published	21
Millie College	Not loaded	Not published	Not published
Mountjoy School	Good	Not published	112
Sheiling College	Not loaded	Not published	Not published
Sheiling School	Good	Not published	43
The Compass	Standards maintained	Not published	46
The Forum Centre	Standards maintained	Not published	19
The Forum School	Requires improvement	Not published	31
The Luccombe Hub	Not loaded	Not published	26
Westfield Arts College	School remains Outstanding	Not published	233
Wyvern Academy	Standards maintained	Not published	95
Yewstock School	School remains Outstanding	Not published	167

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