Multi-academy trust
Wessex Multi Academy Trust
12 schools across 1 local authority in South West, teaching 6,066 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 5
- Pupils
- 6,066
- Average Attainment 8
- 45.8
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 42%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 3 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits below the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is 0.38 (interval 0.27 to 0.50). The interval sits entirely above zero, so this looks like a real gain rather than noise. Weighted by 603 pupils across 2 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
3 of the trust's 12 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 9 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 3 Good; 9 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Wessex Multi Academy Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Bere Regis Primary and PreschoolAcademy sponsor led | Wareham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Damers First SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Frome Valley CofE First SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Manor Park Church of England First SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dorchester | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Milborne St Andrew First SchoolAcademy converter | Blandford Forum | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Puddletown Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Purbeck SchoolAcademy converter | Wareham | No overall grade | 41.9 | 0.600.39 to 0.81 | |
| The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademy converter | Dorchester | No overall grade | 49.8 | 0.300.16 to 0.43 |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.