Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry99 applications · 51 places offered · 51 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
- 2026 1.9; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2025 2.0; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2024 1.9; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2023 2.0; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2022 2.2; Dorset median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Dorset median median 1.7
- 2020 1.4; Dorset median median 1.6
- This school
- Dorset median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 51 | 99 | 1.9 | 51 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 62 | 124 | 2.0 | 61 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 61 | 115 | 1.9 | 59 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 74 | 145 | 2.0 | 83 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 73 | 158 | 2.2 | 90 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2021 | 67 | 113 | 1.7 | 75 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2020 | 66 | 93 | 1.4 | 65 | 0.98 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 60 | 32.0 | 13% | 28% | – |
| 2024/25 | 69 | 34.1 | 15% | 41% | – |
| 2023/24 | 64 | 29.1 | 8% | 22% | −0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 66 | 34.5 | 6% | 32% | −0.09 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dorset Studio SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.9applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · DorsetGood2022
- 3.3 km · Dorset2026
- 3.6 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade202547.8Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · DorsetSome aspects not as strong2025
- 9.5 km · DorsetGood20231.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · DorsetRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · Dorset20262.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 20.3 km · DorsetImproved significantly20251.5applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140977 · 838/4003
- Trust
- Kingston Maurward Studio School Limited
- Capacity
- 375 pupils · 332 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Address
- Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, DT2 8PX
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources