Special schools in Dorset

• 179open schools
• 120primary
• 21secondary
• 21independent
• 49,648pupils

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13 schools, A to Z.

• Arbour House School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 6 to 18 · 39 pupils

  15-17 Glendinning Avenue, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 7QF

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Aurora Beeches School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 16 · 48 pupils

  Aurora Boveridge College, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5RT

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Beaucroft Foundation School

  Special school · Foundation special school · ages 4 to 19 · 241 pupils

  Wimborne Road, Colehill, Wimborne, BH21 2SS

  Ofsted 21 Nov 2023: Good

• Graduately Developing Futures

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 6 to 14 · 23 pupils

  Valley View Farm, Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, BH16 6DA

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Harbour School Dorset

  Special school · Free schools special · ages 10 to 19 · 145 pupils

  School Road, Bovington, BH20 6NU

  Ofsted 10 Oct 2023: Good

• Kingfisher School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 6 to 16 · 21 pupils

  Trimar House, Cromwell Road, Weymouth, DT4 0JH

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Mountjoy School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 4 to 19 · 112 pupils

  Tunnel Road, Beaminster, DT8 3HB

  Ofsted 15 Nov 2022: Good

• Sheiling School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 19 · 43 pupils

  Horton Road, Ashley, Ringwood, BH24 2EB

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• The Forum School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 19 · 31 pupils

  Shillingstone, Blandford Forum, DT11 0QS

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• The Luccombe Hub

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 8 to 18 · 26 pupils

  Unit 12, East Luccombe Farm, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BD

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Westfield Arts College

  Special school · Foundation special school · ages 4 to 19 · 233 pupils

  Littlemoor Road, Preston, Weymouth, DT3 6AA

  Ofsted 22 Feb 2023 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Wyvern Academy

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 19 · 95 pupils

  Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT3 5AL

  Ofsted 20 Nov 2024 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Yewstock School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 2 to 19 · 167 pupils

  Honeymead Lane, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW

  Ofsted 29 Mar 2023 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

Towns in Dorset

• Beaminster (5)
• Blandford Forum (18)
• Bridport (11)
• Dorchester (23)
• Ferndown (7)
• Gillingham (7)
• Lyme Regis (3)
• Shaftesbury (9)
• Sherborne (15)
• Sturminster Newton (6)
• Swanage (5)
• Verwood (4)
• Wareham (10)
• Weymouth (21)
• Wimborne (24)

Source: Get Information about Schools and Ofsted (Open Government Licence v3.0). Towns are as written in each school’s official address.