en List of schools in Dorset

Schools in Dorset, England include state schools under the local education authorities, most of which operate a two-tier comprehensive system whereby pupils attend a primary school before completing their education at secondary school.^[1] Some of the county's schools are academies—self-governing state schools which have become independent of their local education authority and are maintained directly by the Department for Education.^[2]

Dorset also contains a range of privately funded independent schools. Many are boarding schools which also take day pupils, such as the co-educational Canford School which is built around a 19th-century Grade I listed manor house; and Sherborne School, a boys' school founded in the 16th century.^[3]

Four of the county's five largest towns contain a further education college: Weymouth College, Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester and Bournemouth and Poole College which is one of the largest in the UK.^[4] Dorset has two higher education establishments situated in the heart of the county's south east conurbation. Bournemouth University has facilities across Bournemouth and Poole and over 17,000 students.^[5]

State-funded schools

Primary and first schools

The Abbey CE Primary School, Shaftesbury
All Saints CE Primary School, Bishops Caundle
Archbishop Wake CE Primary School, Blandford Forum
Atlantic Academy Portland, Isle of Portland
Beaminster St Mary's Academy, Beaminster
Beechcroft St Pauls CE Primary School, Weymouth
Bere Regis Primary and Pre-School, Bere Regis
Bincombe Valley Primary School, Littlemoor
Blandford St Mary CE Primary School, Blandford St Mary
Bovington Academy, Bovington Camp
Bridport Primary School, Bridport
Bridport St Mary's CE Primary School, Bridport
Broadmayne First School, Broadmayne
Broadwindsor CE Primary School, Broadwindsor
Buckland Newton CE Primary School, Buckland Newton
Burton Bradstock CE School, Burton Bradstock
Cerne Abbas CE First School, Cerne Abbas
Charmouth Primary School, Charmouth
Cheselbourne Village School, Cheselbourne
Chickerell Primary Academy, Chickerell
Colehill First School, Colehill
Conifers Primary School, Westhaven, Weymouth
Corfe Castle CE Primary School, Corfe Castle
Cranborne CE First School, Cranborne
Damers First School, Poundbury
Downlands Community School, Blandford Camp
Dunbury CE Academy, Winterborne Whitechurch
Durweston CE Primary School, Durweston
Ferndown First School, Ferndown
Frome Valley CE First School, Crossways
Gillingham Primary School, Gillingham
Greenford CE Primary School, Maiden Newton
Hampreston CE First School, Hampreston
Hayeswood First School, Colehill
Hazelbury Bryan Primary School, Hazelbury Bryan
Henbury View First School, Corfe Mullen
Hillside Community First School, Verwood
Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Weymouth
Loders CE Primary Academy, Loders
Lulworth and Winfrith CE Primary School, West Lulworth
Lytchett Matravers Primary School, Lytchett Matravers
Manor Park CE VC First School, Dorchester
Marshwood CE Primary Academy, Marshwood
Milborne St Andrew First School, Milborne St Andrew
Milldown CE Academy, Blandford Forum
Milton-On-Stour CE Primary School, Milton on Stour
Motcombe CE Primary School, Motcombe
Oakhurst Community First School, West Moors
Pamphill First School, Pamphill
Parley First School, Ferndown
Parrett and Axe CE Primary School, Mosterton
Piddle Valley CE First School, Piddletrenthide
Pimperne CE Primary School, Pimperne
Portesham CE Primary School, Portesham
Powerstock CE Primary School, Powerstock
The Prince of Wales School, Poundbury
Puddletown CE First School, Puddletown
Radipole Primary School, Weymouth
Rushcombe First School, Corfe Mullen
St Andrew's CE Primary School, Fontmell Magna
St Andrew's CE Primary School, Preston
St Andrew's CE Primary School, Yetminster
St Augustine's RC Primary School, Weymouth
St Catherine's RC Primary School, Bridport
St George's CE Primary School, Langton Matravers
St Georges CE School, Bourton
St George's Community Primary School, Portland
St Gregory's CE Primary School, Marnhull
St Ives Primary School, St Ives
St James' CE First School, Alderholt
St James' CE First School, Gaunt's Common
St John's CE First School, Wimborne Minster
St John's CE Primary School, Weymouth
St Mark's CE Primary School, Swanage
St Mary and St Joseph's RC Primary School, Wool
St Mary the Virgin CE Primary School, Gillingham
St Mary's CE First School, Charminster
St Mary's CE First School, West Moors
St Mary's CE Primary School, Bradford Abbas
St Mary's CE Primary Academy, Thorncombe
St Mary's RC First School, Dorchester
St Mary's RC Primary School, Marnhull
St Mary's RC Primary School, Swanage
St Michael's CE Primary School, Lyme Regis
St Nicholas & St Laurence CE Primary School, Broadwey
St Nicholas CE Primary School, Child Okeford
Salway Ash CE Primary School, Salway Ash
Sandford St Martin's CE First School, Sandford
Shaftesbury CE Primary School, Shaftesbury
Sherborne Abbey CE Primary School, Sherborne
Sherborne Primary School, Sherborne
Shillingstone CE Primary School, Shillingstone
Sixpenney Handley First School, Sixpenny Handley
Southill Primary School, Weymouth
Spetisbury CE Primary School, Spetisbury
Stalbridge CE Primary School, Stalbridge
Sticklands CE Primary School, Evershot
Stoborough CE VA School, Stoborough
Stower Provost Community School, Stour Provost
Sturminster Marshall First School, Sturminster Marshall
Swanage Primary School, Swanage
Symondsbury CE Primary School, Symondsbury
Thorner's CE School, Litton Cheney
Thornford CE Primary School, Thornford
Three Legged Cross First School, Three Legged Cross
Trent Young's CE Primary School, Trent
Trinity CE First School, Verwood
Upton Infant School, Upton
Upton Junior School, Upton
Verwood CE First School, Verwood
Wareham St Mary CE Primary School, Wareham
William Barnes Primary School, Sturminster
Wimborne First School, Wimborne
Wimborne St Giles CE First School, Wimborne St Giles
Winterbourne Valley CE First School, Winterbourne Abbas
Witchampton CE First School, Witchampton
Wool CE Primary School, Wool
Wyke Primary School, Gillingham
Wyke Regis CE Junior School, Wyke Regis
Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery, Wyke Regis

Middle schools

Allenbourn Middle School, Wimborne Minster
Cranborne Middle School, Cranborne
Dorchester Middle School, Dorchester
Emmanuel Church of England Middle School, Verwood
Ferndown Middle School, Ferndown
Lockyer's Middle School, Corfe Mullen
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School, Dorchester
West Moors Middle School, West Moors

Secondary and upper schools

Special and alternative schools

Beaucroft Foundation School, Colehill
The Compass, Weymouth
Dorchester Learning Centre, Winterborne Monkton
The Forum Centre, Blandford Forum
Harbour School Dorset, Bovington Camp
Harbour Vale School, Sherborne
Mountjoy School, Beaminster
Westfield Arts College, Preston
Wyvern Academy, Weymouth
Yewstock School, Sturminster Newton

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Castle Court School, Corfe Mullen
Dumpton School, Wimborne Minster
Hanford School, Child Okeford
Knighton House School, Durweston
Port Regis School, Motcombe
Sherborne Preparatory School, Sherborne
Sunninghill Preparatory School, Dorchester
Thornlow Preparatory School, Weymouth
Yarrells Preparatory School, Upton

Senior and all-through schools

Special and alternative schools

Arbour House School, Weymouth
The Beeches School, Cranborne
The Forum School, Shillingstone
Graduately-Developing-Futures, Lytchett Matravers
The Luccombe Hub, Milton Abbas
Sheiling School, Ashley Heath

References

^ "Admissions to schools" (PDF). Dorset For You. Dorset County Council. 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
^ "Sponsored Academies" (XLS). Department for Education. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "A short history of Sherborne School". Sherborne School. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Partner colleges". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "University history". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

External links

Performance tables for Dorset schools

[1] "Admissions to schools" (PDF). Dorset For You. Dorset County Council. 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[2] "Sponsored Academies" (XLS). Department for Education. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[3] "A short history of Sherborne School". Sherborne School. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[4] "Partner colleges". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

[BU_history-5] "University history". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

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