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
[edit]Primary and first schools
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- All Saints Church of England Academy, Wyke Regis
- Atlantic Academy Portland, Isle of Portland
- Beaminster School, Beaminster
- The Blandford School, Blandford Forum
- Budmouth Academy, Chickerell
- Dorset Studio School, Dorchester
- Ferndown Upper School, Ferndown
- Gillingham School, Gillingham
- The Gryphon School, Sherborne
- Lytchett Minster School, Lytchett Minster
- The Purbeck School, Wareham
- Queen Elizabeth's School, Pamphill
- Shaftesbury School, Shaftesbury
- The Sir John Colfox Academy, Bridport
- Sturminster Newton High School, Sturminster Newton
- The Swanage School, Swanage
- The Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester
- Wey Valley Academy, Weymouth
- The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis
Special and alternative schools
[edit]- 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
[edit]Independent schools
[edit]Primary and preparatory schools
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Bryanston School, Bryanston
- Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minster
- Leweston School, Sherborne
- Milton Abbey School, Milton Abbas
- Ringwood Waldorf School, Ashley
- Sherborne School, Sherborne
- Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne
Special and alternative schools
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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.