Alternative provision academy · Dorset
Harbour Vale School
- Alternative provision
- Ages 5–16
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Dorset council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
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
Latest graded inspection, 30 April 2024. Overall: Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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
- Alternative provision academy
- Phase
- Alternative provision
- Ages
- 5–16
- Pupils
- 23 (capacity 38)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
- Phone
- 01935814582
- Address
- Simons Road, Sherborne, DT9 4DN
- Website
- harbourvale.dorset.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.