Foundation special school

Westfield Arts College

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formDorset, South West · Weymouth DT3 6AASchool website
Pupils on roll
233
Free school meals
52.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
21
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 22 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 24 pupils who finished Year 11 at Westfield Arts College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Westfield Arts College’s own sixth form (Dorset average 43%), 4% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Dorset and England.

Westfield Arts College
Dorset
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWestfield Arts CollegeDorsetEngland
Pupils in the cohort243,781607,348
Any sustained destination96%94%92%
Stayed in education96%85%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college4%39%37%
— other education92%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Dorset

Beaminster School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 673 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0

Ferndown Upper School

Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.