Ferndown Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Ferndown, BH22 9UP
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Ferndown Upper School
Cherry Grove, Ferndown, BH22 9EY
Local ranking3rd of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1146
Capacity
13-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 March 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 278
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 30.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
113
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 313
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1169
- Boys
- 565 (50%)
- Girls
- 569 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1146 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.6%
- EAL
- 5.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,798/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
89.3%
White British
4.3%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cherry Grove
Ferndown, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113854
- UKPRN
- 10002443
- Establishment No.
- 4022
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