Lytchett Minster School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Poole, BH16 6JD
- Distance
- 7.9km away
The Purbeck School
Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PF
Local ranking2nd of 28 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1180
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 30 April 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Purbeck School (URN 113855) since 1 May 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 29.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
67
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 172
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1028
- Boys
- 527 (52%)
- Girls
- 495 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1180 (87% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.5%
- EAL
- 4.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.1%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,591/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
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.3%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
89.3%
White British
4.6%
White Other
1.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Worgret Road
Wareham, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 148737
- UKPRN
- 10089116
- Establishment No.
- 4024
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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