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Budmouth Academy Weymouth

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,466Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 147443URN

Chickerell Road, Weymouth, DT4 9SY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Dorset median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Dorset

399 applications for 235 places · 4th of 13 in Dorset
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.0of 90
14th of 18 in Dorset
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 19 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Dorset median (1.6) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

399 applications · 235 places offered · 234 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Dorset median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.7; Dorset median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.6; Dorset median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.7; Dorset median median 1.6
  5. 2022 1.7; Dorset median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Dorset median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.9; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.0; Dorset median median 1.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.9; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Dorset median median 1.7; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Dorset median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Dorset median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Dorset median

Dashed bars: as Budmouth College (URN 113902), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262353991.72341.00
Sep 20252444091.72701.11
Sep 20242444011.62491.02
Sep 20232524281.72801.11
Sep 20222454141.72441.00
Sep 20212504631.92460.98
Sep 20202544241.72611.03
Sep 2019 *2534901.92951.17
Sep 2018 *2534962.03181.26
Sep 2017 *2544821.92911.15
Sep 2016 *2575072.03501.36
Sep 2015 *2574681.83201.25
Sep 2014 *2484842.03321.34

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

243 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.014th of 18 in Dorset
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%14th of 18 in Dorset
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Dorset median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.62
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24340.034%53%–
2024/2523842.040%61%–
2023/2425239.932%51%−0.62
2022/2325641.234%62%−0.55

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
147443 · 838/4005
Trust
Aspirations Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,800 pupils · 1,466 on roll
Free school meals
27.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened
1 September 2019
Replaced
Budmouth College (URN 113902)
Address
Chickerell Road, Weymouth, DT4 9SY
Local authority
Dorset

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources