Sturminster Newton High School
Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DT
Local ranking27th of 30 secondary schools in Dorset
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 80.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 100
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
30.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
32
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 22.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 85
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 617
- Boys
- 285 (46%)
- Girls
- 332 (54%)
- Capacity
- 900 (69% full)
- SEND
- 25.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.6%
- EAL
- 6.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 22.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.0
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.2% 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: 82.7%
- White Other: 6.0%
- Other: 6.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
- White Traveller: 0.3%
82.7%
White British
6.0%
White Other
6.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149657
- UKPRN
- 10092156
- Establishment No.
- 4179
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST