All Saints' Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 598 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
Studio schools
Dorset Studio School
- Pupils on roll
- 332of 375 places
- Free school meals
- 31.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 69
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 March 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Dorset Studio School has no sixth form. Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 61% to a further education college and 12% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 12% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.1 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Dorset, with 15% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Geography is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 41% of pupils 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dorset Studio School | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 66 | 3,781 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 64% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 61% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 12% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dorset Studio School | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.1 | 43.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.75 | 3.79 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 25% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.1 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 35.8 | 46.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 69 | 100% | 89% | 3% | 20% | 46% |
| Mathematics | 69 | 100% | 88% | 3% | 22% | 45% |
| Combined Science | 68 | 99% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 46% |
| Geography | 66 | 96% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 36% |
| English Literature | 64 | 93% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 48% |
| Religious Studies | 1 | 1% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Care (Non-Agricultural) | 65 | — | — |
| Tourism | 62 | — | — |
| Land Based Ops | 49 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Dorset
Atlantic Academy Portland
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 769 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
Beaminster School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 673 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,466 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Ferndown Upper School
Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Gillingham School
Academy converter · sixth form
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
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.