Dorset Studio School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Dorset
Unique reference
140977
Address
Kingston Maurward, DT2 8PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
345 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
47.5%
Girls
52.5%
First language not English
0.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.1%
Persistent absence
35.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
41.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 83.2%
Unclassified 8.1%
Irish 2.9%
Mixed 2.9%
Other White 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 1.2%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 0%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 6%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.5
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.59
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award63
TourismTechnical Award64
English LanguageGCSE64
English LiteratureGCSE64
GeographyGCSE64
MathematicsGCSE64
Science: Double AwardGCSE64
Land Based OpsTechnical Award43
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Dorset Studio School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
61
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
59
2nd preference
37
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
59
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
70
36
34
Year 8
73
33
40
Year 9
66
26
40
Year 10
72
36
36
Year 11
64
33
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
86.0%
86.5%
Further education
75.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
4.0%
49.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
4.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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