URN 138186 · Dorset
Dorchester Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter · Dorchester · DT1 2HS
About the school
- Pupils
- 527
- Capacity
- 600
- Free school meals
- 22.0%
- Ages
- 9–13
- Pupils taught
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Not published
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Region
- South West
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools, register file of 08 Nov 2026; pupil numbers from the school census of 15 Jan 2026.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Report card inspection started 02 Jun 2026, published 05 Jul 2026.
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Source: Ofsted management information, as at 30 Sept 2026. Outcomes are Ofsted's own words.
GCSE results (key stage 4)
Not published for this school — it may not have pupils at the end of year 11.
Source: DfE Key stage 4 performance — performance tables schools data. "Not published" means the DfE suppressed or did not calculate the figure. Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25 and 2025/26 because there were no KS2 results for those pupils. Primary (KS2) results: DfE school performance page.