Schools in Dorset
Dorset has 1 school listed on OfferDay. It is in the Dorset local authority area.
About schools in Dorset
OfferDay lists one school in Dorset, a special or alternative provision school.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Special schools and alternative provision1
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Graduately Developing Futures
Other independent special school · Ages 6 to 14
Schools near Dorset
With only one school listed in Dorset itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 60 schools closest to the centre of Dorset by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Graduately Developing Futures, about 0.0 miles away.
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Graduately Developing Futures0.0 miles
Special schools · Dorset
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Lytchett Matravers Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Poole
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Castle Court School1.7 miles
Independent schools
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Sturminster Marshall First School1.9 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Lytchett Minster School2.0 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Henbury View First School2.1 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Rushcombe First School2.4 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Lockyer's Middle School2.5 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Wimborne
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Upton Junior School2.6 miles
Primary · Poole
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Upton Infant School2.6 miles
Primary · Poole
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Springdale First School2.8 miles
Primary · Broadstone
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Yarrells Preparatory School2.8 miles
Independent schools · Poole
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Corfe Hills School2.9 miles
Secondary · Broadstone
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Millie College3.3 miles
Other types · Holton Heath
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Broadstone First School3.4 miles
Primary · Broadstone
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Bayside Academy3.5 miles
Primary · Poole
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Pamphill Church of England First School3.6 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Hillbourne Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Poole
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South West Regional Assessment Centre3.8 miles
Other types · Wimborne
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Broadstone Middle School3.8 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Broadstone
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Queen Elizabeth's School4.0 miles
Secondary · Wimborne
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Parkstone Grammar School4.0 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Poole Grammar School4.1 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School4.1 miles
Primary · Wareham
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Montacute School4.1 miles
Academies · Poole
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Wimborne First School and Nursery4.3 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Allenbourn Middle School4.5 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Wimborne
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Merley First School4.5 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Stanley Green Infant Academy4.6 miles
Primary · Poole
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St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne4.6 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Longspee Academy4.7 miles
Academies · Poole
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Spetisbury CofE Primary School4.7 miles
Primary · Blandford Forum
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Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School4.7 miles
Primary · Poole
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The Cornerstone Academy4.7 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Canford Heath Junior School4.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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Haymoor Junior School4.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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Canford Heath Infant School4.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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Magna Academy4.8 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Ad Astra Infant School4.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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Oakdale Junior School4.8 miles
Primary · Poole
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Hamworthy Park Junior School4.9 miles
Primary · Poole
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Poole High School4.9 miles
Secondary · Poole
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Beaucroft Foundation School5.2 miles
Special schools · Wimborne
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Dumpton School5.2 miles
Independent schools · Wimborne
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Longfleet Church of England Primary School5.2 miles
Primary · Poole
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St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole5.3 miles
Secondary · Poole
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole5.3 miles
Primary · Poole
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Canford School5.4 miles
Independent schools · Wimborne
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St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill5.4 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Wimborne
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Old Town Infant School and Nursery5.4 miles
Primary · Poole
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Ocean Academy Poole5.5 miles
Primary · Poole
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The Bournemouth and Poole College5.7 miles
16 plus · Poole
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The White House School5.8 miles
Special schools · Poole
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Bearwood Primary and Nursery School5.9 miles
Primary · Bournemouth
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Hayeswood First School5.9 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Colehill First School5.9 miles
Primary · Wimborne
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Livingstone Road Junior School6.0 miles
Primary · Poole
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Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School6.0 miles
Primary · Wareham
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Livingstone Road Infant School6.1 miles
Primary · Poole
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Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School6.3 miles
Primary · Poole
Common questions about schools in Dorset
- How many schools are in Dorset?
- OfferDay lists one school in Dorset, a special or alternative provision school.
- Who inspects schools in Dorset?
- Every school in Dorset is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Dorset?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Dorset does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.