The Purbeck School
Worgret Road, Wareham, BH20 4PF
Local ranking3rd of 30 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1180
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 164
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
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.9
Avg Points/Entry
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
67
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.6%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 172
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1028
- Boys
- 523 (51%)
- Girls
- 505 (49%)
- 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.7%
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: 85.6%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Other: 4.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
85.6%
White British
4.4%
White Other
4.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148737
- UKPRN
- 10089116
- Establishment No.
- 4024
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST