Dorchester Middle School

Latest Ofsted evidence

Most recent inspection

13 June 2023

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Latest graded judgement

Requires improvement

Latest ungraded outcome

Not published

Safeguarding

Yes

Ofsted release 2026-03-31. Graded and ungraded outcomes are shown separately. They are published inspection records, not an admissions or suitability recommendation.

Primary attainment - KS2

Academic year 2024/25. Percentages are the published share meeting the stated standard.

Reading, writing and maths

49.0%

Dorset school average 57.0%
England school average 63.1%

Higher standard

5.0%

Dorset school average 7.2%
England school average 8.3%

Reading expected standard

65.0%

Dorset school average 74.0%
England school average 76.9%

Maths expected standard

58.0%

Dorset school average 70.9%
England school average 75.2%

DfE release 2024-25-revised. Local-authority and England figures are CheckNear arithmetic means across open schools with a published measure in this release, not pupil-weighted official national benchmarks. Suppressed measures remain unavailable.