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Dorset Council schools

All 184 schools in the Dorset area, from the school census. 45 are maintained by Dorset Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Dorset school holidays.

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45 schools

Maintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.

  • Beaminster SchoolBeaminster · Secondary · 11–18 · 673 pupils
  • Beaucroft Foundation SchoolWimborne · 4–19 · 241 pupils
  • Bincombe Valley Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 2–11 · 291 pupils
  • Broadmayne First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 4–9 · 139 pupils
  • Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBeaminster · Primary · 4–11 · 93 pupils
  • Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 3–9 · 77 pupils
  • Cheselbourne Village SchoolDORCHESTER · Primary · 3–9 · 49 pupils
  • Conifers Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 4–11 · 324 pupils
  • Cranborne Middle SchoolWimborne · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 265 pupils
  • Dorchester Learning CentreDorchester · 5–18 · 54 pupils
  • Downlands Community SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary · 3–11 · 201 pupils
  • Ferndown Upper SchoolFerndown · Secondary · 13–19 · 1134 pupils
  • Gillingham SchoolGillingham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1684 pupils
  • Hazelbury Bryan Primary SchoolSturminster Newton · Primary · 2–11 · 114 pupils
  • Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community NurseryWeymouth · Primary · 2–11 · 471 pupils
  • Lytchett Minster SchoolPoole · Secondary · 11–19 · 1624 pupils
  • Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · Primary · 4–11 · 137 pupils
  • Mountjoy SchoolBeaminster · 4–19 · 112 pupils
  • Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBeaminster · Primary · 4–11 · 132 pupils
  • Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 4–11 · 33 pupils
  • Radipole Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 4–11 · 437 pupils
  • Rushcombe First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 4–9 · 313 pupils
  • Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 5–11 · 109 pupils
  • Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWareham · Primary · 4–11 · 342 pupils
  • Southill Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 4–11 · 212 pupils
  • St George's Foundation Primary SchoolPortland · Primary · 4–11 · 406 pupils
  • Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolStalbridge · Primary · 4–11 · 188 pupils
  • Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolDorchester · Primary · 5–11 · 70 pupils
  • Stower Provost Community SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 92 pupils
  • Sturminster Marshall First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 4–9 · 49 pupils
  • Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 4–11 · 107 pupils
  • The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, ShaftesburyShaftesbury · Primary · 4–11 · 201 pupils
  • The Blandford SchoolBlandford Forum · Secondary · 11–18 · 1103 pupils
  • The CompassWeymouth · 5–16 · 46 pupils
  • The Forum CentreBlandford Forum · 5–16 · 19 pupils
  • The Prince of Wales SchoolDorchester · Primary · 2–9 · 156 pupils
  • The Woodroffe SchoolLyme Regis · Secondary · 11–18 · 886 pupils
  • Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyDorchester · Primary · 2–11 · 115 pupils
  • West Moors Middle SchoolFerndown · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 240 pupils
  • Westfield Arts CollegeWeymouth · 4–19 · 233 pupils
  • William Barnes Primary SchoolSturminster Newton · Primary · 4–11 · 162 pupils
  • Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 3–9 · 60 pupils
  • Wyke Regis Church of England Junior SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 7–11 · 340 pupils
  • Wyke Regis Infant School and NurseryWeymouth · Primary · 3–7 · 220 pupils
  • Yewstock SchoolSturminster Newton · 2–19 · 167 pupils

Sets its own term dates

139 schools

Academies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.

  • All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSherborne · Primary · 4–11 · 130 pupils
  • All Saints' Church of England AcademyWeymouth · Secondary · 11–16 · 598 pupils
  • Allenbourn Middle SchoolWimborne · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 499 pupils
  • Arbour House School · 6–18 · 39 pupils
  • Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary · 0–11 · 411 pupils
  • Atlantic Academy PortlandPortland · All-through · 4–16 · 769 pupils
  • Aurora Beeches SchoolWimborne · 11–16 · 48 pupils
  • Aurora Boveridge CollegeWimborne · 16–25
  • Beaminster St Mary's AcademyBeaminster · Primary · 4–11 · 140 pupils
  • Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolWeymouth · Primary · 2–11 · 189 pupils
  • Bere Regis Primary and PreschoolWareham · Primary · 2–11 · 119 pupils
  • Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary · 4–11 · 208 pupils
  • Bovington AcademyWareham · Primary · 4–11 · 180 pupils
  • Bridport Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 4–11 · 267 pupils
  • Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 4–11 · 194 pupils
  • Bryanston SchoolBlandford Forum · 3–18 · 776 pupils
  • Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · Primary · 2–11 · 110 pupils
  • Budmouth Academy WeymouthWeymouth · Secondary · 11–18 · 1466 pupils
  • Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolBridport · Primary · 3–11 · 99 pupils
  • Castle Court School · 2–13 · 227 pupils
  • Charmouth Primary SchoolBridport · Primary · 3–11 · 71 pupils
  • Chickerell Primary AcademyWeymouth · Primary · 2–11 · 420 pupils
  • Clayesmore SchoolBlandford Forum · 2–19 · 414 pupils
  • Coastland CollegeWeymouth · 16 plus · 16–99
  • Colehill First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 5–9 · 148 pupils
  • Corfe Castle Church of England Primary SchoolWareham · Primary · 2–11 · 87 pupils
  • Cranborne Church of England First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 2–9 · 73 pupils
  • Damers First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 4–9 · 475 pupils
  • Dorchester Middle SchoolDorchester · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 527 pupils
  • Dorset Studio SchoolDorchester · Secondary · 11–16 · 332 pupils
  • Dumpton SchoolWimborne · 2–13 · 338 pupils
  • Dunbury Church of England AcademyWinterborne Whitechurch · Primary · 2–11 · 131 pupils
  • Durweston Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · Primary · 3–11 · 144 pupils
  • Emmanuel Church of England Middle SchoolVerwood · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 434 pupils
  • Employ My Ability (EMA) LtdDorchester · 16–25
  • Ferndown First SchoolFerndown · Primary · 4–9 · 348 pupils
  • Ferndown Middle SchoolFerndown · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 600 pupils
  • Frome Valley CofE First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 2–9 · 141 pupils
  • Gillingham Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 233 pupils
  • Graduately Developing FuturesDorset · 6–14 · 23 pupils
  • Hampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 5–9 · 134 pupils
  • Hanford SchoolBlandford Forum · 7–13 · 69 pupils
  • Harbour School Dorset · 10–19 · 145 pupils
  • Harbour Vale SchoolSherborne · 5–16 · 23 pupils
  • Hayeswood First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 5–9 · 148 pupils
  • Henbury View First SchoolWimborne · Primary · 5–9 · 148 pupils
  • Hillside Community First SchoolVerwood · Primary · 4–9 · 221 pupils
  • Kingfisher SchoolWeymouth · 6–16 · 21 pupils
  • Leweston SchoolSherborne · 2–19 · 577 pupils
  • Lockyer's Middle SchoolWimborne · Middle deemed secondary · 9–13 · 436 pupils
  • Loders CofE Primary AcademyBridport · Primary · 2–11 · 72 pupils
  • Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary SchoolWareham · Primary · 4–11 · 95 pupils
  • Lytchett Matravers Primary SchoolPoole · Primary · 2–11 · 484 pupils
  • Manor Park Church of England First SchoolDorchester · Primary · 2–9 · 396 pupils
  • Marshwood CofE Primary AcademyBridport · Primary · 4–11 · 43 pupils

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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Dorset Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.