State schools in Dorset
158 open state-funded schools in Dorset (England), with addresses, phone numbers and websites.
To apply for a place during the school year, check the council’s website: some schools take in-year applications through the council and others (for example many academies) handle their own. Council contacts: Dorset Council in our council directory. Help with the steps: going back to school.
- Secondary schools (28)
- All-through schools (1)
- Special schools (6)
- Alternative provision and pupil referral units (4)
- Primary schools (119)
Secondary schools (28)
- All Saints' Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor ledSunnyside Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, DT4 9BJ01305 783391 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Allenbourn Middle SchoolAcademy converterEast Borough, Wimborne, BH21 1PL01202 886738 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Beaminster SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolNewtown, Beaminster, DT8 3EP01308 862633 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Budmouth Academy WeymouthAcademy sponsor ledChickerell Road, Weymouth, DT4 9SY01305 830500 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Cranborne Middle SchoolCommunity schoolCranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5RP01725 517348 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademy converterQueen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2HS01305 265651 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schoolsKingston Maurward, Dorchester, DT2 8PX01305 443600 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Emmanuel Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy sponsor ledHowe Lane, Verwood, BH31 6JF01202 828100 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Ferndown Middle SchoolAcademy converterPeter Grant Way, Ferndown, BH22 9UP01202 876556 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Ferndown Upper SchoolCommunity schoolCherry Grove, Ferndown, BH22 9EY01202 871243 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Gillingham SchoolAcademy converterHardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4QP01747 822222 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Lockyer's Middle SchoolAcademy converterBlandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, BH21 3HQ01202 692779 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Lytchett Minster SchoolFoundation schoolPost Green Road, Purbeck, Lytchett Minster, Poole, BH16 6JD01202 622413 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Queen Elizabeth's SchoolAcademy converterBlandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4DT01202 885233 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Shaftesbury SchoolAcademy converterSalisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER01747 854498 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownAcademy converterCoombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SA01305 848293 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- St Michael's Church of England Middle School, ColehillAcademy converterColehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, BH21 7AB01202 883433 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converterBarnes Way, Dorchester, DT1 2DZ01305 262897 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Sturminster Newton High SchoolAcademy converterBath Road, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DT01258 472642 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Blandford SchoolVoluntary controlled schoolMilldown Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7SQ01258 451121 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Gryphon SchoolAcademy converterBristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ01935 813122 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Purbeck SchoolAcademy converterWorgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PF01929 550077 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Sir John Colfox AcademyAcademy converterRidgeway, Bridport, DT6 3DT01308 422291 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Swanage SchoolFree schoolsHigh Street, Swanage, BH19 2PH01929 500599 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademy converterQueen's Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2ET01305 266064 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Woodroffe SchoolFoundation schoolUplyme Road, Lyme Regis, DT7 3LX01297 442232 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- West Moors Middle SchoolCommunity schoolHeathfield Way, West Moors, Ferndown, BH22 0DA01202 872474 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Wey Valley AcademyAcademy converter436 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AN01305 817000 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
All-through schools (1)
- Atlantic Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor ledMaritime House, Southwell Park, Portland, DT5 2NA01305 820262 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
Special schools (6)
- Beaucroft Foundation SchoolFoundation special schoolWimborne Road, Colehill, Wimborne, BH21 2SS01202 886083 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Harbour School DorsetFree schools specialSchool Road, Bovington, BH20 6NU01929 508286 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Mountjoy SchoolCommunity special schoolTunnel Road, Beaminster, DT8 3HB01308 861155 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Westfield Arts CollegeFoundation special schoolLittlemoor Road, Preston, Weymouth, DT3 6AA01305 833518 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Wyvern AcademyAcademy special converterDorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AL01305 817917 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Yewstock SchoolCommunity special schoolHoneymead Lane, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW01258 472796 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
Alternative provision and pupil referral units (4)
- Dorchester Learning CentrePupil referral unitMonkton Park, Winterborne Monkton, Dorchester, DT2 9PS01305 261213 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- Harbour Vale SchoolAcademy alternative provision sponsor ledSimons Road, Sherborne, DT9 4DN01935 814582 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The CompassPupil referral unit307a Chickerell Road, Westham, Weymouth, DT4 0QU01305 206530 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
- The Forum CentrePupil referral unitThe Forum Centre, Park Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX01258 455202 · Website (new tab)Is this your school?
More schools in Dorset
- Primary schools (119 schools)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools), Scottish Government, Welsh Government, Department of Education Northern Ireland. Details change – always check with the school or council.
Last checked 26 October 2026.