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Harbour Vale School

Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · ages 5 to 16 · Mixed

Simons Road, Sherborne, DT9 4DN

  • Pupils23
  • Ages5 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted30 Apr 2024
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection · 30 Apr 2024

Overall effectiveness: Good

  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

Academy First Section 5 · report published 13 Jun 2024

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
23 (capacity 38)
12 girls, 11 boys
Eligible for free school meals
69.6% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
44.4%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
5.6%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
66.7%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
0%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academies)
Trust
SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Special needs catered for
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Opened
1 November 2019
Local authority
Dorset
Parliamentary constituency
West Dorset
URN
146958 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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