Mountjoy School
Tunnel Road, Beaminster, DT8 3HB
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Gillian Howard
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 110
- Pupils on roll
- 112
- URN
- 113957
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01308861155
About this school
Mountjoy School is a community special school in Beaminster. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 112 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mountjoy School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 98.0 | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mountjoy School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 105 |
| 2024/25 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
- 15 November 2022
-
Ungraded inspection report21 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.06%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.8%
- Persistent absence
- 24.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Horizons Therapeutic Education Trust3.6 miles
Free Schools · Crewkerne
-
Perrott Hill School Limited4.5 miles
Independent schools · Crewkerne
-
Cambian Lufton College9.5 miles
Other types · Yeovil
-
Chard School10.0 miles
Independent schools · Chard
-
Dillington House10.4 miles
Other types · Ilminster
Other schools in Beaminster
Common questions
- What ages does Mountjoy School teach?
- Mountjoy School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Beaminster.
- Who is the headteacher of Mountjoy School?
- The headteacher of Mountjoy School is Ms Gillian Howard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mountjoy School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mountjoy School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Mountjoy School?
- Mountjoy School has 112 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Mountjoy School full?
- Mountjoy School has capacity for 110 pupils and 112 on roll (102%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Mountjoy School a faith school?
- No. Mountjoy School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Mountjoy School have?
- The schools register lists Mountjoy School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Mountjoy School's absence rate?
- Mountjoy School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mountjoy School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mountjoy School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.