Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Weymouth, DT4 9SY
- Distance
- 3.9km away
Wey Valley Academy
436 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AN
Local ranking18th of 29 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1020
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 996
- Boys
- 498 (50%)
- Girls
- 498 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1020 (98% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.1%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,932/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.7% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.3%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.4%
88.3%
White British
4.5%
White Other
1.3%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
436 Dorchester Road
Weymouth, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 147291
- UKPRN
- 10083470
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- AUTHENTIC EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED
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