List of schools in Dorset

Schools in Dorset, England include state schools under the local education authorities, most of which operate a two-tier comprehensive system whereby pupils attend a primary school before completing their education at secondary school. Some of the county's schools are academies—self-governing state schools which have become independent of their local education authority and are maintained directly by the Department for Education.

Dorset also contains a range of privately funded independent schools. Many are boarding schools which also take day pupils, such as the co-educational Canford School which is built around a 19th-century Grade I listed manor house; and Sherborne School, a boys' school founded in the 16th century.

Four of the county's five largest towns contain a further education college: Weymouth College, Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester and Bournemouth and Poole College which is one of the largest in the UK. Dorset has two higher education establishments situated in the heart of the county's south east conurbation. Bournemouth University has facilities across Bournemouth and Poole and over 17,000 students.

State-funded schools

Primary and first schools

Middle schools

Secondary and upper schools

Special and alternative schools

Further education

• Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester
• Weymouth College, Weymouth

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Senior and all-through schools

• Bryanston School, Bryanston
• Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minster
• Leweston School, Sherborne
• Milton Abbey School, Milton Abbas
• Ringwood Waldorf School, Ashley
• Sherborne School, Sherborne
• Sherborne School for Girls, Sherborne

Special and alternative schools

• Arbour House School, Weymouth
• The Beeches School, Cranborne
• The Forum School, Shillingstone
• Graduately-Developing-Futures, Lytchett Matravers
• The Luccombe Hub, Milton Abbas
• Sheiling School, Ashley Heath

References

External links

• Performance tables for Dorset schools

1. Lists of schools in England
2. Dorset
3. Dorchester, Dorset
4. Christchurch, Dorset
5. Weymouth, Dorset
6. Sherborne School
7. List of oldest schools
8. Dorset Park
9. Bryanston School
10. Gillingham, Dorset
11. Wareham, Dorset
12. Dorset Horn
13. Grade I listed buildings in Dorset
14. Bridport
15. Gillingham School
16. List of schools in Nunavut
17. List of private schools in England
18. Sherborne
19. List of international schools
20. List of schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole