The Purbeck School

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

C

Average points per entry

30.9

England average 32.3

A level students

67

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1022

Places

1180

How full

87% full — 1022 of 1180 places taken

Girls / boys

495 / 527

Overall absence

7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

22%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

22%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

12%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

92%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

81%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

6%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

44%

No sustained destination

7%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

169

After sixth form

Went to university

29%

England 50%

In education, work or training

83%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

6%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

78

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

65%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

92

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Dorset 033D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

34%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

16%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

67%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

19%

England 17%

Households with no car

17%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

50%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy converter

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–18

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Adam Darley

Local authority

Dorset

Ward

Wareham

Constituency

Mid Dorset and North Poole

URN

148737

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.