Dorset schools and admissions data

Dorset Council has 156 primary schools and 48 secondary schools. 11% of Dorset's schools are private schools. 36 state schools in Dorset follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 126 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Dorset

  1. Outstanding 23 schools
  2. Good 98 schools
  3. Requires Improvement 13 schools
  4. Inadequate 10 schools

Most popular state schools
in Dorset in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary

Primaries

Secondaries

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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Also see Dorset's Ofsted reports and school performance dashboard