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Not applicable • Other independent special school
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Wimborne
Not applicable • Special post 16 institution • Wimborne
Not applicable • Children's centre • Lyme Regis
Not applicable • Foundation special school • Wimborne
Not applicable • Children's centre • Blandford
Not applicable • Children's centre • Bridport
Not applicable • Children's centre • Dorchester
Not applicable • Other independent school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Other independent school
Not applicable • Other independent school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Children's centre • Wimborne
Not applicable • Children's centre • Dorchester
Not applicable • Pupil referral unit • Dorchester
Not applicable • Other independent school • Wimborne
Not applicable • Special post 16 institution • Dorchester
Not applicable • Children's centre • Ferndown
Not applicable • Children's centre • Gillingham
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Dorset
Not applicable • Other independent school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Free schools special
Not applicable • Academy alternative provision sponsor led • Sherborne
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Weymouth
Not applicable • Other independent school • Sherborne
Not applicable • Special post 16 institution • Holton Heath
Not applicable • Other independent school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Community special school • Beaminster
Not applicable • Children's centre • Shaftesbury
Not applicable • Children's centre • Portland
Not applicable • Other independent school • Shaftesbury
Not applicable • Other independent school • Ringwood
Not applicable • Special post 16 institution • Ringwood, Hants
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Ringwood
Not applicable • Children's centre • Sherborne
Not applicable • Other independent school • Sherborne
Not applicable • Other independent school • Sherborne
Not applicable • Other independent school • Sherborne
Not applicable • Other independent school • Dorchester
Not applicable • Children's centre • Weymouth
Not applicable • Children's centre • Swanage
Not applicable • Pupil referral unit • Weymouth
Not applicable • Pupil referral unit • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Other independent special school • Blandford Forum
Not applicable • Children's centre • Verwood
Not applicable • Children's centre • Wareham
Not applicable • Children's centre • West Moors
Not applicable • Foundation special school • Weymouth
Not applicable • Children's centre • Weymouth
Not applicable • Children's centre • Weymouth
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