Schools by area

Schools in Dorset

159 state schools and 21 independent schools. 9 independent schools publish fees, from about £10,206 a year; 10 have verified term dates; 5 run school bus routes.

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State schools (159)

SchoolTypeStageAges
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
All Saints' Church of England AcademyAcademySecondary11–16
Allenbourn Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary0–11
Atlantic Academy PortlandAcademyAll-through4–16
Beaminster SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolSecondary11–18
Beaminster St Mary's AcademyAcademyPrimary4–11
Beaucroft Foundation SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial4–19
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Bere Regis Primary and PreschoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Bincombe Valley Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary2–11
Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Bovington AcademyAcademyPrimary4–11
Bridport Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Broadmayne First School and NurseryCommunity schoolPrimary2–9
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolPrimary4–11
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Budmouth Academy WeymouthAcademySecondary11–18
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolAcademyPrimary3–11
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolPrimary3–9
Charmouth Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary3–11
Cheselbourne Village SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary3–9
Chickerell Primary AcademyAcademyPrimary2–11
Colehill First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Conifers Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–11
Corfe Castle Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Cranborne Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Cranborne Middle SchoolCommunity schoolSecondary9–13
Damers First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Dorchester Learning CentrePupil referral unitAlternative provision5–18
Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schoolSecondary11–16
Downlands Community SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary3–11
Dunbury Church of England AcademyAcademyPrimary2–11
Durweston Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Emmanuel Church of England Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Ferndown First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Ferndown Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Ferndown Upper SchoolCommunity schoolSecondary13–19
Frome Valley CofE First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Gillingham Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Gillingham SchoolAcademySecondary11–18
Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Harbour School DorsetSpecial free schoolSpecial10–19
Harbour Vale SchoolAlternative provision academyAlternative provision5–16
Hayeswood First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Hazelbury Bryan Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary2–11
Henbury View First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Hillside Community First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community NurseryVoluntary controlled schoolPrimary2–11
Lockyer's Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Loders CofE Primary AcademyAcademyPrimary2–11
Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Lytchett Matravers Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Lytchett Minster SchoolFoundation schoolSecondary11–19
Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolPrimary4–11
Manor Park Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Marshwood CofE Primary AcademyAcademyPrimary4–11
Milborne St Andrew First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Milldown CofE AcademyAcademyPrimary4–11
Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Motcombe CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Mountjoy SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial4–19
Oakhurst Community First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Pamphill Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Parley First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary4–11
Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Pimperne Church of England VC Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Portesham Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary4–11
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Queen Elizabeth's SchoolAcademySecondary13–18
Radipole Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–11
Rushcombe First SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–9
Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary5–11
Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary4–11
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Shaftesbury SchoolAcademySecondary11–18
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Sherborne Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Shillingstone Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Sixpenny Handley First School and NurseryAcademyPrimary2–9
Southill Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–11
Spetisbury CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, WeymouthAcademyPrimary4–11
St Catherine's Roman Catholic SchoolAcademyPrimary5–11
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton MatraversAcademyPrimary2–11
St George's Church of England School, BourtonAcademyPrimary2–11
St George's Foundation Primary SchoolFoundation schoolPrimary4–11
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, MarnhullAcademyPrimary4–11
St Ives Primary & Nursery SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
St James Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, AlderholtAcademyPrimary2–9
St John's Church of England First School, WimborneAcademyPrimary5–9
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterAcademyPrimary2–9
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MarnhullAcademyPrimary2–11
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, SwanageAcademyPrimary4–11
St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterAcademyPrimary4–9
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownAcademySecondary9–13
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasAcademyPrimary4–11
St Mary's CofE First School & NurseryAcademyPrimary2–9
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, ColehillAcademySecondary9–13
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Lyme RegisAcademyPrimary2–11
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child OkefordAcademyPrimary4–11
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademySecondary9–13
Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolFoundation schoolPrimary4–11
Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary5–11
Stoborough Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Stower Provost Community SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–11
Sturminster Marshall First SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–9
Sturminster Newton High SchoolAcademySecondary11–18
Swanage Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary4–11
The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, ShaftesburyVoluntary aided schoolPrimary4–11
The Blandford SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolSecondary11–18
The CompassPupil referral unitAlternative provision5–16
The Forum CentrePupil referral unitAlternative provision5–16
The Gryphon SchoolAcademySecondary11–18
The Prince of Wales SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary2–9
The Purbeck SchoolAcademySecondary11–18
The Sir John Colfox AcademyAcademySecondary11–18
The Swanage SchoolFree schoolSecondary11–16
The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademySecondary13–18
The Woodroffe SchoolFoundation schoolSecondary11–18
Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademyPrimary2–11
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyVoluntary aided schoolPrimary2–11
Thornford CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Three Legged Cross First and Nursery SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Trent Young's CofE Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Trinity Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary4–9
Upton Infant SchoolAcademyPrimary4–7
Upton Junior SchoolAcademyPrimary7–11
Verwood Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary2–9
Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
West Moors Middle SchoolCommunity schoolSecondary9–13
Westfield Arts CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial4–19
Wey Valley AcademyAcademySecondary11–16
Weymouth and Kingston Maurward CollegeFurther education collegeSixth form and college16–99
William Barnes Primary SchoolCommunity schoolPrimary4–11
Wimborne First School and NurseryAcademyPrimary2–9
Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and NurseryAcademyPrimary2–9
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolVoluntary aided schoolPrimary3–9
Witchampton Church of England First SchoolAcademyPrimary5–9
Wool Church of England Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary2–11
Wyke Primary SchoolAcademyPrimary4–11
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolPrimary7–11
Wyke Regis Infant School and NurseryCommunity schoolPrimary3–7
Wyvern AcademySpecial academySpecial2–19
Yewstock SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial2–19

Independent schools (21)

SchoolAgesGenderFees
Bryanston School
Boarding school · term dates · school bus		3–18Mixed£5,704–£19,750/term
Castle Court School
term dates		2–13Mixed£3,623–£7,074/term
Clayesmore School
Boarding school · term dates		2–19Mixed£3,500–£16,504/term
Dumpton School
term dates		2–13Mixed£4,357–£7,789/term
Hanford School
Boarding school		7–13GirlsNot published
Leweston School
Boarding school · term dates		2–19Mixed£7,909–£12,880/term
Milton Abbey School
Boarding school · term dates		13–19Mixed£11,412–£21,732/term
Port Regis Preparatory School
Boarding school · term dates · school bus		2–13Mixed£4,215–£16,330/term
Ringwood Waldorf School
term dates · school bus		2–19Mixed£3,402–£4,741/term
Sherborne Preparatory School
Boarding school		3–14MixedNot published
Sherborne School
Boarding school		13–19BoysNot published
Sherborne School for Girls
Boarding school		11–19GirlsNot published
Sunninghill Preparatory School
term dates · school bus		0–13Mixed£4,066–£7,194/term
Yarrells Preparatory School
term dates · school bus		0–11Mixed£897–£1,535/month
SchoolTypeStageAges
Arbour House SchoolIndependent special schoolSpecial6–18
Aurora Beeches SchoolIndependent special schoolSpecial11–16
Graduately Developing FuturesIndependent special schoolSpecial6–14
Kingfisher SchoolIndependent special schoolSpecial6–16
Sheiling SchoolIndependent special schoolSpecial5–19
The Forum SchoolIndependent special schoolSpecial7–19
The Luccombe HubIndependent special schoolSpecial8–18

Fees shown as published by each school (lowest to highest tuition, before extras). Check each school's page for the year and VAT basis.