Arbour House School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- DT4 7QF
- Distance
- 3.1km away
Westfield Arts College
Littlemoor Road, Preston, Weymouth, DT3 6AA
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 22 February 2023.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 32
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 234
- Boys
- 171 (73%)
- Girls
- 62 (27%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 54.8%
- EAL
- 0.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £24,021/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
92.7%
White British
2.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Littlemoor Road
Weymouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 113960
- UKPRN
- 10015594
- Establishment No.
- 5953
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