Beaminster School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Beaminster, DT8 3EP
- Distance
- 7.5km away
The Sir John Colfox Academy
Ridgeway, Bridport, DT6 3DT
Local ranking10th of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1024
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 136
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 22.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 55.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
22.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
36
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 102
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 792
- Boys
- 370 (49%)
- Girls
- 386 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1024 (74% full)
- SEND
- 27.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.4%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,808/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
Loading chart
- White British: 92.6%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- White Traveller: 0.1%
92.6%
White British
3.3%
White Other
0.9%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141735
- UKPRN
- 10049314
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST
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