St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Dorchester, DT1 2DZ
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Dorset Studio School
Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, DT2 8PX
Local ranking24th of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
375
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 5 March 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 13.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 28.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 60
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 325
- Boys
- 159 (48%)
- Girls
- 173 (52%)
- Capacity
- 375 (89% full)
- SEND
- 52.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.3%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 11.1%
- SEN Support
- 40.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 11.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £12,868/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
- 12.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 42.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.2%
- White Irish: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- White Traveller: 1.3%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.3%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
90.2%
White British
3.3%
White Irish
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kingston Maurward
Dorchester, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 140977
- UKPRN
- 10047092
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- KINGSTON MAURWARD STUDIO SCHOOL LIMITED
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