Latest Ofsted
Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalProgress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 362 | 44.4 | 44% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 368 | 43.3 | 38% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 400 | 45.2 | 43% | 66% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 387 | 45.1 | 43% | 67% | −0.07 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth's SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement202344.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade2025
- 2.6 km · DorsetRemains Good2024
- 3.1 km · DorsetGood2022
- 4.1 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood202144.0Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleStandards maintained2025
- 6.0 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 70.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 67.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGood20233.5applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141526 · 838/4504
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,580 pupils · 1,375 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2014
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth's School (URN 113883)
- Address
- Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4DT
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources