Graded inspection · Oct 2023 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 entry289 applications · 182 places offered · 182 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2025 1.5; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2024 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2022 1.6; Dorset median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6
- 2019 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Wey Valley Academy (URN 138616), The Wey Valley School (URN 113879), the previous school.
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 | 182 | 289 | 1.6 | 182 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 | 295 | 1.5 | 178 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 261 | 1.6 | 164 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 170 | 260 | 1.5 | 156 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 184 | 292 | 1.6 | 181 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 328 | 1.6 | 213 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 183 | 290 | 1.6 | 179 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 * | 196 | 320 | 1.6 | 170 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 202 | 293 | 1.5 | 158 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 * | 148 | 247 | 1.7 | 121 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 * | 159 | 250 | 1.6 | 114 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2015 * | 151 | 243 | 1.6 | 122 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2014 * | 138 | 232 | 1.7 | 113 | 0.82 |
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.) | 207 | 38.9 | 38% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 41.0 | 49% | 61% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 42.1 | 43% | 64% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 194 | 36.1 | 31% | 53% | −0.46 |
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
- Wey Valley AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · DorsetRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · Dorset20262.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade202547.8Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · Dorset2026
- 7.4 km · DorsetGood2022
- 9.5 km · DorsetGood20241.9applications per place 32.0Attainment 8
- 12.7 km · Dorset20261.3applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 14.2 km · DorsetSome aspects not as strong2025
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147291 · 838/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,020 pupils · 994 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2019
- Replaced
- Wey Valley Academy (URN 138616); The Wey Valley School (URN 113879)
- Address
- 436 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AN
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources