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Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

, England.

State-funded schools

Primary and first schools

* The Abbey CE Primary School,

Shaftesbury Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, west of Salisbury, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about above sea level on a ...

* All Saints CE Primary School, Bishops Caundle * Archbishop Wake CE Primary School, Blandford Forum * Atlantic Academy Portland,

Isle of Portland An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct fr ...

* Beaminster St Mary's Academy,

Beaminster Beaminster ( ) is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small River ...

* Beechcroft St Pauls CE Primary School, Weymouth * Bere Regis Primary and Pre-School,

Bere Regis Bere Regis () is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated north-west of Wareham. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 1,745. The village has one shop, a family-owned cheese barn, a post office, and two pubs ...

* Bincombe Valley Primary School,

Littlemoor :''This article refers to Littlemoor in Weymouth, Dorset. For Littlemoor near Chesterfield see Littlemoor, Derbyshire''. Littlemoor is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Littlemoor is about to the north of the town centre. The nearest ...

* Blandford St Mary CE Primary School,

Blandford St Mary Blandford St Mary is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England. The village is on the south bank of the River Stour, immediately opposite the larger town of Blandford Forum. The village grew up around the Badger ...

* Bovington Academy, Bovington Camp * Bridport Primary School,

Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and wit ...

* Bridport St Mary's CE Primary School, Bridport * Broadmayne First School,

Broadmayne Broadmayne is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies two miles south-east of the county town Dorchester. The A352 main road between Dorchester (from Sherborne) and Wareham passes through the village. In the 2001 Census the popula ...

* Broadwindsor CE Primary School, Broadwindsor * Buckland Newton CE Primary School, Buckland Newton * Burton Bradstock CE School, Burton Bradstock * Cerne Abbas CE First School,

Cerne Abbas Cerne Abbas () is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Dorset Council administrative area in the Cerne Valley in the Dorset Downs. The village lies just east of the A352 road north of Dor ...

* Charmouth Primary School,

Charmouth Charmouth is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England. The village is situated on the mouth of the River Char, around north-east of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,31 ...

* Cheselbourne Village School, Cheselbourne * Chickerell Primary Academy,

Chickerell Chickerell is a town and parish in Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the parish and the electoral ward had a population of 5,515. History Although Roman remains have been found, indicating that there has been settlement in the area for many ...

* Colehill First School, Colehill * Conifers Primary School, Westhaven, Weymouth * Corfe Castle CE Primary School,

Corfe Castle Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the P ...

* Cranborne CE First School,

Cranborne Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 779, remaining unchanged from 2001. The appropriate electoral ward is called 'Crane'. This ward includes Wimborne St. Giles in the west and so ...

* Damers First School,

Poundbury Poundbury is an experimental planned community or urban development, urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester in the Counties of England, county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwal ...

* Downlands Community School, Blandford Camp * Dunbury CE Academy, Winterborne Whitechurch * Durweston CE Primary School, Durweston * Ferndown First School,

Ferndown Ferndown is a town and civil parish in Dorset in southern England, immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole. The parish, which until 1972 was called ''Hampreston'', includes the communities of Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trick ...

* Frome Valley CE First School, Crossways * Gillingham Primary School, Gillingham * Greenford CE Primary School,

Maiden Newton Maiden Newton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, about north-west of the county town, Dorchester. Geography The village is sited on Upper Greens ...

* Hampreston CE First School,

Hampreston Hampreston is a small village in the civil parish of Ferndown in East Dorset, southern England. Before 1972, the whole parish took the name of Hampreston, with its population rising from 1,860 in 1921 to 11,750 in 1971. The village has a school, ...

* Hayeswood First School, Colehill * Hazelbury Bryan Primary School, Hazelbury Bryan * Henbury View First School,

Corfe Mullen Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, on the north-western urban fringe of the South East Dorset conurbation. The village had a population of 10,133 at the 2011 Census. It is served by six churches, four pubs, five schools, a library, v ...

* Hillside Community First School,

Verwood Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north east of Poole as the crow flies. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged Cro ...

* Holy Trinity CE Primary School, Weymouth * Loders CE Primary Academy, Loders * Lulworth and Winfrith CE Primary School, West Lulworth * Lytchett Matravers Primary School,

Lytchett Matravers Lytchett Matravers is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. The 2011 census recorded the parish as having 1,439 households and a population of 3,424. History The name comes from the Brittonic ''litchet'' meaning "grey wood" and the ...

* Manor Park CE VC First School, Dorchester * Marshwood CE Primary Academy,

Marshwood Marshwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale approximately northeast of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimate that the parish had a population of 310 in 2013. Figures p ...

* Milborne St Andrew First School, Milborne St Andrew * Milldown CE Academy, Blandford Forum * Milton-On-Stour CE Primary School,

Milton on Stour Milton on Stour is a small village in North Dorset, England. It lies on the River Stour, a mile north of the town of Gillingham. The Church of St Simon and St Jude, built in 1868, is a Grade II listed building. References External link ...

* Motcombe CE Primary School, Motcombe * Oakhurst Community First School,

West Moors West Moors is a village in Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlements of Ferndown and Verwood. The parish of West Moors had an estimated population of 7,400 in 2004, increasi ...

* Pamphill First School, Pamphill * Parley First School, Ferndown * Parrett and Axe CE Primary School,

Mosterton Mosterton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately north of Beaminster. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 604. The village's name derives from Old English and means the thorn tree belonging to a ...

* Piddle Valley CE First School, Piddletrenthide * Pimperne CE Primary School, Pimperne * Portesham CE Primary School, Portesham * Powerstock CE Primary School,

Powerstock Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, north-east of the market town of Bridport. The civil parish includes the village of West Milton to the west and ...

* The Prince of Wales School, Poundbury * Puddletown CE First School,

Puddletown Puddletown is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about northeast of the county town Dorchester. Its earlier name Piddletown fell out of favour, probably because ...

* Radipole Primary School, Weymouth * Rushcombe First School,

* St Andrew's CE Primary School,

Fontmell Magna Fontmell Magna is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road south of Shaftesbury and north of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 cens ...

* St Andrew's CE Primary School, Preston * St Andrew's CE Primary School, Yetminster * St Augustine's RC Primary School, Weymouth * St Catherine's RC Primary School, Bridport * St George's CE Primary School, Langton Matravers * St Georges CE School, Bourton * St George's Community Primary School, Portland * St Gregory's CE Primary School, Marnhull * St Ives Primary School, St Ives * St James' CE First School,

Alderholt Alderholt is a large village and civil parish in east Dorset, England; situated west of Fordingbridge. The parish includes the hamlets of Crendell and Cripplestyle. The local travel links are located from the village to Salisbury railway stat ...

* St James' CE First School, Gaunt's Common * St John's CE First School, Wimborne Minster * St John's CE Primary School, Weymouth * St Mark's CE Primary School, Swanage * St Mary and St Joseph's RC Primary School,

Wool Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool. ...

* St Mary the Virgin CE Primary School, Gillingham * St Mary's CE First School, Charminster * St Mary's CE First School,

* St Mary's CE Primary School,

Bradford Abbas Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, southeast of Yeovil and southwest of Sherborne. The parish includes the small settlement of Saxon Maybank to the north. In the 2011 census the population of the parish ...

* St Mary's CE Primary Academy,

Thorncombe Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated ...

* St Mary's RC First School, Dorchester * St Mary's RC Primary School, Marnhull * St Mary's RC Primary School, Swanage * St Michael's CE Primary School, Lyme Regis * St Nicholas & St Laurence CE Primary School,

Broadwey Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and Upwey ward had a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

* St Nicholas CE Primary School,

Child Okeford Child Okeford (sometimes written Childe Okeford) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, east of the small town of Sturminster Newton in the North Dorset administrative district. Child Okeford lies downstre ...

* Salway Ash CE Primary School, Salway Ash * Sandford St Martin's CE First School, Sandford * Shaftesbury CE Primary School, Shaftesbury * Sherborne Abbey CE Primary School,

Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. ...

* Sherborne Primary School, Sherborne * Shillingstone CE Primary School, Shillingstone * Sixpenney Handley First School,

Sixpenny Handley Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles (16 km) north east of Blandford Forum. In the ...

* Southill Primary School, Weymouth * Spetisbury CE Primary School, Spetisbury * Stalbridge CE Primary School,

Stalbridge Stalbridge () is a small town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, near the border with Somerset. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the hamlets of Stalbridge Weston, and Thornhill—had 1,160 ...

* Sticklands CE Primary School, Evershot * Stoborough CE VA School, Stoborough * Stower Provost Community School, Stour Provost * Sturminster Marshall First School,

Sturminster Marshall Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in east Dorset in England, situated on the River Stour between Blandford Forum and Poole. The parish had a population of 1,895 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,969 at the 2011 Census and ...

* Swanage Primary School, Swanage * Symondsbury CE Primary School,

Symondsbury Symondsbury () is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, west of Bridport and west of Dorchester. The village is located just to the north of the A35 trunk road, which runs between Southampton and Honiton. The village has a ...

* Thorner's CE School,

Litton Cheney Litton Cheney is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited beneath chalk hills in the valley of the small River Bride. In the 2011 census the parish had a ...

* Thornford CE Primary School,

Thornford Thornford is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley southwest of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 830. Thornford is in Thornhackett Parish ...

* Three Legged Cross First School,

Three Legged Cross Three Legged Cross is an extended village within Verwood civil parish in east Dorset, England. It lies to the south of the town of Verwood and to the north of West Moors. Its population in 2014 was estimated at 2,740. Origins Various explanations ...

* Trent Young's CE Primary School, Trent * Trinity CE First School, Verwood * Upton Infant School, Upton * Upton Junior School, Upton * Verwood CE First School, Verwood * Wareham St Mary CE Primary School, Wareham * William Barnes Primary School, Sturminster * Wimborne First School,

Wimborne Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of Poole ...

* Wimborne St Giles CE First School,

Wimborne St Giles Wimborne St Giles is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, on Cranborne Chase, seven miles north of Wimborne Minster and 12 miles north of Poole. The village lies within the Shaftesbury estate, owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury. A t ...

* Winterbourne Valley CE First School, Winterbourne Abbas * Witchampton CE First School,

Witchampton Witchampton is a village and civil parish in East Dorset, England, situated on the River Allen north of Wimborne Minster. The 2011 census recorded a population of 398. Witchampton lies close to where the dip slope of the chalk hills of Cran ...

* Wool CE Primary School, Wool * Wyke Primary School, Gillingham * Wyke Regis CE Junior School,

Wyke Regis Wyke Regis is a village in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach. Wyke is south of the county town, Dorchester ...

* Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery, Wyke Regis

Middle schools

*Allenbourn Middle School,

Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, ) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, north of Poo ...

*Cranborne Middle School,

*Dorchester Middle School, Dorchester *Emmanuel Church of England Middle School,

*Ferndown Middle School,

*Lockyer's Middle School,

*St Mary's Church of England Middle School,

*St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill *St Osmund's Church of England Middle School, Dorchester *West Moors Middle School,

Secondary and upper schools

* All Saints Church of England Academy,

* Atlantic Academy Portland,

Beaminster School , established = , closed = , type = Voluntary controlled school , religious_affiliation = Christian , president = , head_label = Headteacher , head = Keith Hales , r_head_label = , r_head ...

* The Blandford School, Blandford Forum * Budmouth Academy,

*Dorset Studio School, Dorchester * Ferndown Upper School,

Gillingham School Gillingham School is a coeducational school situated in Gillingham in North Dorset, England. Gillingham Grammar School can trace its foundation back to 1516. It was founded as a Free School, paid for out of the proceeds of land gifted to the sc ...

, Gillingham * The Gryphon School,

* Lytchett Minster School,

Lytchett Minster Lytchett Minster is a village in Dorset, England. It lies around north-west of Poole town centre. The village forms part of the civil parish of Lytchett Minster and Upton, Upton now being a suburb of Poole. Geography Location Lytchett Mi ...

* The Purbeck School, Wareham * Queen Elizabeth's School, Pamphill *

Shaftesbury School Shaftesbury School is a coeducational secondary day and boarding school located in Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. Previously a voluntary controlled Church of England school administered by the Diocese of Salisbury and Dorset ...

* The Sir John Colfox Academy,

* Sturminster Newton High School, Sturminster Newton *The Swanage School, Swanage *

The Thomas Hardye School The Thomas Hardye School is a secondary academy school in Dorchester, Dorset, England. It is also part of the DASP group. History Grammar school The school is named after Thomas Hardye of Melcombe Regis and later Frampton. Hardye was a p ...

, Dorchester * Wey Valley Academy, Weymouth * The Woodroffe School,

Lyme Regis Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Heri ...

Special and alternative schools

*Beaucroft Foundation School, Colehill *The Compass, Weymouth *Dorchester Learning Centre,

Winterborne Monkton Winterborne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies close to the A354 road between the county town Dorchester, to the north, and the coastal resort Weymouth, to the south. Dorset Coun ...

*The Forum Centre, Blandford Forum *Harbour School Dorset, Bovington Camp *Harbour Vale School,

*Mountjoy School,

*Westfield Arts College, Preston *Wyvern Academy, Weymouth *Yewstock School, Sturminster Newton

Further education

Kingston Maurward College Kingston Maurward College is a college for land-based studies situated two miles east of Dorchester, Dorset, England. The college is a member of the Landex grou an association of institutions that provide courses in agriculture and horticulture ...

, Dorchester *

Weymouth College Weymouth College is a further education college located in Weymouth, England. The college has over 4,000 students, studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many subjects. The college is part of The University of Plymouth C ...

, Weymouth

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

* Castle Court School,

* Dumpton School,

Hanford School Hanford School is a girls' boarding preparatory school located in Hanford, Child Okeford, Dorset, England, established in 1947 and located in a grade II* listed house built in 1604 by Sir Robert Seymer. History Hanford House was built in Jaco ...

*Knighton House School, Durweston * Port Regis School, Motcombe * Sherborne Preparatory School,

*Sunninghill Preparatory School, Dorchester *Thornlow Preparatory School, Weymouth *Yarrells Preparatory School, Upton

Senior and all-through schools

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the town of Blandford Forum, in Dorset in South West England. It was founded in 1928. ...

Bryanston Bryanston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour west of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 925. The village is adjacent to the grounds of Bryanston School, an ind ...

Clayesmore School Clayesmore School is an independent school for boys and girls, aged 2 – 18 years, in the village of Iwerne Minster, Dorset, England. It is both a day and boarding school and is a member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (H ...

Iwerne Minster Iwerne Minster ( ) is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, approximately midway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum. The A350 main road between those towns passes through th ...

* Leweston School,

Milton Abbey School Milton Abbey school is an independent school for day and boarding pupils in the village of Milton Abbas, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, in South West England. It has 224 pupils , in five houses: Athelstan, Damer, Hambro, Hodgkinson and Trego ...

Milton Abbas Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 755. This planned community was built after the old Town was demolished in the 1 ...

* Ringwood Waldorf School,

Ashley Ashley is a place name derived from the Old English words '' æsc'' (“ash”) and '' lēah'' (“meadow”). It may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ashley (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name ...

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors ...

, Sherborne *

Sherborne School for Girls Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. There were 485 pupils attending in 2019–2020, with over 90 per cent of them livin ...

, Sherborne

Special and alternative schools

*Arbour House School, Weymouth *The Beeches School,

*The Forum School, Shillingstone *Graduately-Developing-Futures,

*The Luccombe Hub,

*Sheiling School, Ashley Heath

External links

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