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88% Outstanding or Good · above the 87% national figure

Within 3 miles: 15 schools.

By Ofsted rating

7 Good

1 Requires improvement

7 No current grade

By phase

8 Primary

4 Secondary

3 Special

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Beaucroft Foundation School

Foundation special school · 0.4 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Special
Type	Foundation special school
Age range	4–19
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Has a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Co Headteacher Diane Makariou/Joseph Barnett Beaucroft School
Address	Wimborne Road, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202886083
Website	http://www.beaucroft.dorset.sch.uk/
Area deprivation	Quintile 2 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
URN	113956
Distance	0.4 mi

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Pupils 241 on roll +

On roll	241 of 230 capacity (105% full)
Eligible for free school meals	30.7%
Gender split	65.1% boys, 34.9% girls
English as an additional language	3.3%
Ethnicity	White 93.8%, Asian 1.6%, Black 0.8%, Mixed 1.2%, Other 2.5%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2024-02-05

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Sixth form provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Destinations 0% into further study +

School sixth form	0.0%
Sixth-form college	0.0%
Further education college	0.0%
Apprenticeship	0.0%
Employment	0.0%
Not a sustained destination	0.0%
Academic year	2022/23

Share of Year 11 leavers in each destination category, 6-12 months after leaving - broad categories only, not named colleges or sixth forms (DfE doesn't publish per-pupil institution tracking as open data).

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Colehill First School

Academy converter · 1.0 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	5–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mrs Sharon Staddon
Address	Pilford Heath Road, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202882506
Website	https://www.colehillfirstschool.org/
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	1.02 mi (2025/26)
URN	141768
Distance	1.0 mi

Published admission distance is a real figure from Dorset council's own published records: how far the furthest-admitted pupil lived last year under the distance criterion. Drawn as a circle for simplicity, since real admission areas aren't circular, but the distance itself isn't modelled or guessed. It shifts every year with demand and isn't a guarantee.

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Pupils 148 on roll +

On roll	148 of 150 capacity (99% full)
Eligible for free school meals	9.5%
Gender split	45.3% boys, 54.7% girls
English as an additional language	1.4%
Ethnicity	White 92.0%, Asian 0.7%, Black 0.0%, Mixed 7.5%, Other 0.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2023-05-10

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Hayeswood First School

Academy converter · 1.1 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	5–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mrs Sharon Staddon
Address	Cutlers Place, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202882379
Website	http://www.hayeswood.dorset.sch.uk
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	0.81 mi (2025/26)
URN	141786
Distance	1.1 mi

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Pupils 148 on roll +

On roll	148 of 150 capacity (99% full)
Eligible for free school meals	7.4%
Gender split	51.4% boys, 48.6% girls
English as an additional language	2.7%
Ethnicity	White 98.0%, Asian 0.7%, Black 0.0%, Mixed 1.4%, Other 0.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2024-01-18

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Merley First School

Academy converter · 1.8 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	5–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Head teacher	Mrs Rebecca Baldwin
Address	Oakley Straight, Merley, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202888455
Website	www.merleyfirstschool.com/
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	0.61 mi Estimated
URN	141794
Distance	1.8 mi

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole hasn't published a real admission-distance figure, so this is a modelled estimate instead, built from local Census population density for this school's age group versus its intake size, the same class of technique other school-search sites use as their default catchment indicator when no official figure exists. Not based on real pupil addresses (nobody outside the school/council has access to that), and meaningfully less reliable than a published figure.

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Pupils 292 on roll +

On roll	292 of 300 capacity (97% full)
Eligible for free school meals	9.9%
Gender split	51.4% boys, 48.6% girls
English as an additional language	1.4%
Ethnicity	White 93.5%, Asian 0.6%, Black 0.3%, Mixed 4.4%, Other 1.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2024-01-18

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Outstanding
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne

Academy converter · 0.9 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	5–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Miss Michelle Prince
Address	St John's Hill, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202883675
Website	http://www.stjohnswimborne.dorset.sch.uk
Area deprivation	Quintile 3 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	0.37 mi Estimated
URN	141821
Distance	0.9 mi

Dorset hasn't published a real admission-distance figure, so this is a modelled estimate instead, built from local Census population density for this school's age group versus its intake size, the same class of technique other school-search sites use as their default catchment indicator when no official figure exists. Not based on real pupil addresses (nobody outside the school/council has access to that), and meaningfully less reliable than a published figure.

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Pupils 148 on roll +

On roll	148 of 150 capacity (99% full)
Eligible for free school meals	22.3%
Gender split	49.3% boys, 50.7% girls
English as an additional language	8.1%
Ethnicity	White 93.9%, Asian 0.7%, Black 0.7%, Mixed 4.8%, Other 0.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2023-03-06

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Pamphill Church of England First School

Academy sponsor led · 1.7 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy sponsor led
Age range	5–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mrs Sarah Fairman
Address	Pamphill Green, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202883008
Website	pamphillfirstschool.org
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	4.56 mi (2025/26)
URN	147893
Distance	1.7 mi

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Pupils 67 on roll +

On roll	67 of 75 capacity (89% full)
Eligible for free school meals	9.0%
Gender split	52.2% boys, 47.8% girls
English as an additional language	1.5%
Ethnicity	White 95.5%, Asian 0.0%, Black 0.0%, Mixed 3.0%, Other 1.5%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2023-10-23

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Wimborne First School and Nursery

Academy converter · 1.0 mi

Ofsted-rated Good.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	2–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Richard Skinner
Address	Campanula Way, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202882532
Website	http://www.wimbornefirst.dorset.sch.uk/
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	1.13 mi (2025/26)
URN	148464
Distance	1.0 mi

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Pupils 400 on roll +

On roll	400 of 308 capacity (130% full)
Eligible for free school meals	12.3%
Gender split	48.8% boys, 51.2% girls
English as an additional language	4.5%
Ethnicity	White 80.6%, Asian 2.1%, Black 1.0%, Mixed 2.6%, Other 14.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Good +

Overall rating	Good
Inspected	2024-09-09

Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Queen Elizabeth's School

Academy converter · 1.3 mi

Ofsted rating: Requires improvement.

Details Mixed +

Phase	Secondary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	13–18
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Has a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Non-selective
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Thomas Neill
Address	Blandford Road, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202885233
Website	http://www.queenelizabeths.com
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
URN	141526
Distance	1.3 mi

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Pupils 1375 on roll +

On roll	1375 of 1580 capacity (87% full)
Pupils in exam cohort (2024/25)	368
Eligible for free school meals	14.7%
Gender split	48.7% boys, 51.3% girls
English as an additional language	3.0%
Ethnicity	White 93.6%, Asian 1.3%, Black 0.8%, Mixed 3.2%, Other 1.0%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating Requires improvement +

Overall rating	Requires improvement
Inspected	2024-02-07

Category judgements

Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement
Sixth form provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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Exam Results Not published +

Progress 8	Not published for this school
Grade 5+ English & Maths	37.5%
Academic year	2024/25

Progress 8 by year

2022/23	-0.07
2023/24	-0.17
2024/25	—

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Destinations 82% into further study +

School sixth form	45.2%
Sixth-form college	0.0%
Further education college	36.7%
Apprenticeship	6.5%
Employment	3.4%
Not a sustained destination	4.9%
Academic year	2022/23

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Allenbourn Middle School

Academy converter · 0.8 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Secondary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	9–13
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Mark Legge
Address	East Borough, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202886738
Website	https://www.allenbournmiddle.org
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Estimated admission distance	1.19 mi Estimated
URN	141757
Distance	0.8 mi

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Pupils 499 on roll +

On roll	499 of 629 capacity (79% full)
Eligible for free school meals	13.8%
Gender split	52.1% boys, 47.9% girls
English as an additional language	3.8%
Ethnicity	White 90.0%, Asian 0.8%, Black 1.6%, Mixed 4.0%, Other 3.6%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill

Academy converter · 0.4 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Secondary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	9–13
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Darren Ayling
Address	Colehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202883433
Website	http://www.stmichaelsmiddle.org
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	3.43 mi (2025/26)
URN	141829
Distance	0.4 mi

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Pupils 563 on roll +

On roll	563 of 560 capacity (101% full)
Eligible for free school meals	16.2%
Gender split	51.9% boys, 48.1% girls
English as an additional language	1.8%
Ethnicity	White 96.9%, Asian 0.4%, Black 0.7%, Mixed 1.6%, Other 0.5%

Gender, language and ethnicity figures are from the same DfE school census as free school meal eligibility. Independent and private schools aren't included in this census, so won't show these rows.

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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South West Regional Assessment Centre

Special post 16 institution · 2.0 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Special
Type	Special post 16 institution
Age range	16–25
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Not applicable
Religious character	No religious character
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Head teacher	Mr Adrian Gunner
Address	Merley House, Merley House Lane, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202848099
Website	www.swrac.ac.uk
URN	146044
Distance	2.0 mi

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Pupils — +

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Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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St James Church of England First School

Academy converter · 2.3 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Academy converter
Age range	2–9
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Trust	DIOCESE OF SALISBURY ACADEMY TRUST
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Daniel Lawford
Address	Gaunts Common, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01258840669
Website	https://www.stjames.dsat.org.uk/
Area deprivation	Quintile 1 of 5 (1 = most deprived fifth nationally)
Published admission distance	3.55 mi (2025/26)
URN	148300
Distance	2.3 mi

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Pupils 134 on roll +

On roll	134 of 125 capacity (107% full)
Eligible for free school meals	4.5%
Gender split	50.0% boys, 50.0% girls
English as an additional language	3.0%
Ethnicity	White 97.8%, Asian 0.0%, Black 0.0%, Mixed 2.2%, Other 0.0%

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Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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Category judgements

Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

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The White House School

Other independent special school · 2.9 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Special
Type	Other independent special school
Age range	6–14
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Not applicable
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Head teacher	Miss Elle Vinall
Address	170 Magna Road, Poole, Dorset
Phone	01202985215
Website	www.thewhitehouseschool.org
URN	149536
Distance	2.9 mi

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Pupils 46 on roll +

On roll	46 of 70 capacity (66% full)
Gender split	87.0% boys, 13.0% girls

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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Canford School

Other independent school · 1.8 mi

Details Mixed +

Phase	Secondary
Type	Other independent school
Age range	13–18
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Has a sixth form
Religious character	Anglican/Church of England
Admissions policy	Selective
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Head teacher	Mr Christopher Wheeler
Address	Canford Magna, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202841254
Website	www.canford.com
URN	113922
Distance	1.8 mi

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Pupils 650 on roll +

On roll	650 of 680 capacity (96% full)
Pupils in exam cohort (2024/25)	126
Gender split	57.2% boys, 42.8% girls

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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Exam Results Not published +

Progress 8	Not published for this school
Grade 5+ English & Maths	0.0%
Academic year	2024/25

Progress 8 by year

2022/23	—
2023/24	—
2024/25	—

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Dumpton School

Other independent school · 132 yd

Details Mixed +

Phase	Primary
Type	Other independent school
Age range	2–13
Gender	Mixed
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Religious character	No religious character
Admissions policy	Not applicable
Local authority	Dorset
Head teacher	Mr Christian Saenger
Address	Deans Grove House, Deans Grove, Wimborne, Dorset
Phone	01202883818
Website	http://www.dumpton.com
URN	113923
Distance	132 yd

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Pupils 338 on roll +

On roll	338 of 370 capacity (91% full)
Gender split	54.1% boys, 45.9% girls

Ofsted Rating No current grade +

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