All Saints' Church of England Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Weymouth
Requires improvement
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Avonbourne Girls Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Not judged
Beaminster School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Beaminster
Good
Bournemouth School
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Bournemouth School for Girls
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Weymouth
Requires improvement
Corfe Hills School
Secondary • Academy converter • Broadstone
Good
Dorset Studio School
Secondary • Studio schools • Dorchester
Good
Ferndown Upper School
Secondary • Community school • Ferndown
Good
Gillingham School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Gillingham
Good
Glenmoor Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bournemouth
Outstanding
Highcliffe School
Secondary • Academy converter • Christchurch
Good
LeAF Studio
Secondary • Studio schools • Bournemouth
Not judged
Lytchett Minster School
Secondary • Foundation school • Poole
Good
Magna Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Poole
Good
Oak Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Bournemouth
Not judged
Parkstone Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Poole
Outstanding
Poole Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Poole
Good
Poole High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Poole
Good
Queen Elizabeth's School
Secondary • Academy converter • Wimborne
Requires improvement
Shaftesbury School
Secondary • Academy converter • Shaftesbury
Good
St Aldhelm's Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Poole
Good
St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Poole
Good
Sturminster Newton High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Sturminster Newton
Good
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bournemouth
Good
The Blandford School
Secondary • Voluntary controlled school • Blandford Forum
Good
The Bourne Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bournemouth
Good
The Cornerstone Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Poole
Good
The Grange School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Christchurch
Good
The Gryphon School
Secondary • Academy converter • Sherborne
Good
The Purbeck School
Secondary • Academy converter • Wareham
Good
The Sir John Colfox Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Bridport
Good
The Swanage School
Secondary • Free schools • Swanage
Good
The Thomas Hardye School
Secondary • Academy converter • Dorchester
Outstanding
The Woodroffe School
Secondary • Foundation school • Lyme Regis
Good
Twynham School
Secondary • Academy converter • Christchurch
Good
Wey Valley Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Weymouth
Good
Winton Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Bournemouth
Outstanding
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