Academy · Dorset
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
- Secondary
- Ages 9–13
- Church of England
- 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.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 18 September 2019. Overall: Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Short (ungraded) inspection, 22 January 2025: Some aspects not as strong.
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
- 441 (capacity 480)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Academy trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01305848293
- Address
- Coombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SA
- Website
- stmarys.wessex.ac
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.