South West
Secondary schools in Dorset
29 secondary schools in Dorset.
Ofsted among secondary schools in Dorset
Good16
Requires improvement3
No overall grade10
19 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 10 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 19
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 10
- Average days since inspection
- 894
- Framework mix
- 19 historic, 10 current, 0 none
Secondary schools in Dorset
Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.
29 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Purbeck SchoolAcademy converter | Wareham | No overall grade | 41.9 | 0.600.39 to 0.81 | |
| Lytchett Minster SchoolFoundation school | Poole | Good 2023 | 46.8 | 0.380.20 to 0.55 | |
| Ferndown Upper SchoolCommunity school | Ferndown | Report card 2026 | 45.7 | 0.340.16 to 0.53 | |
| The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | 49.8 | 0.300.16 to 0.43 | |
| The Woodroffe SchoolFoundation school | Lyme Regis | Good 2023 | 51.4 | 0.19-0.02 to 0.41 · not a win | |
| The Sir John Colfox AcademyAcademy converter | Bridport | Good 2023 | 43 | 0.01-0.22 to 0.25 · not a win | |
| The Gryphon SchoolAcademy converter | Sherborne | Good 2023 | 46.7 | -0.06-0.24 to 0.13 · not a win | |
| Queen Elizabeth's SchoolAcademy converter | Wimborne | Requires improvement 2023 | 43.3 | -0.17-0.31 to -0.03 | |
| Beaminster SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Beaminster | Good 2023 | 47 | -0.08-0.33 to 0.18 · not a win | |
| Gillingham SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Gillingham | Good 2023 | 42.7 | -0.18-0.35 to -0.02 | |
| The Blandford SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Blandford Forum | Good 2024 | 47 | -0.33-0.54 to -0.12 | |
| All Saints' Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Weymouth | Requires improvement 2023 | 35.6 | -0.33-0.55 to -0.11 | |
| Wey Valley AcademyAcademy converter | Weymouth | Good 2023 | 41 | -0.36-0.57 to -0.15 | |
| The Swanage SchoolFree schools | Swanage | Good 2023 | 36.9 | -0.28-0.61 to 0.04 · not a win | |
| Sturminster Newton High SchoolAcademy converter | Sturminster Newton | Report card 2026 | 46.1 | -0.39-0.66 to -0.12 | |
| Shaftesbury SchoolAcademy converter | Shaftesbury | Good 2023 | 39.1 | -0.50-0.74 to -0.25 | |
| Budmouth Academy WeymouthAcademy sponsor led | Weymouth | Requires improvement 2024 | 42 | -0.62-0.80 to -0.45 | |
| Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schools | Dorchester | Good 2024 | 34.1 | -0.50-0.85 to -0.15 | |
| Atlantic Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor led | Portland | Report card 2026 | 34 | -0.74-1.04 to -0.45 | |
| Allenbourn Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Wimborne | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cranborne Middle SchoolCommunity school | Wimborne | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Emmanuel Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Verwood | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Ferndown Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Ferndown | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Lockyer's Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Wimborne | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Michael's Church of England Middle School, ColehillAcademy converter | Wimborne | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| West Moors Middle SchoolCommunity school | Ferndown | Report card 2026 | — | — |