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

Secondary and upper schools

Special and alternative schools

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Senior and all-through schools

Special and alternative schools

References

  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.
  5. ^ "University history". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.

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