Academy · Dorset
Dorchester Middle School
- Secondary
- Ages 9–13
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Dorset council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 2 June 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 13 June 2023. Overall: Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 9–13
- Pupils
- 527 (capacity 600)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01305265651
- Address
- Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2HS
- Website
- dorchestermid.dorset.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.