Schools in Dorset

132 schools with published admissions figures

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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Dorset

Primary

• Offered their first choice 93.9%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026.

• Offered one of their three 99.0%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 2,795

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 93.9% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

The council's primary schools between them had 3,692 places for 2,795 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 97.9%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026.

• Offered one of their three 99.0%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 2,105

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 97.9% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 99.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.

The council's secondary schools between them had 2,797 places for 2,105 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

8 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

Elsewhere

• Most sought-after schools in Dorset by first preferences per place
• Schools in BH16 (4)
• Schools in BH19 (5)
• Schools in BH20 (10)
• Schools in BH21 (15)
• Schools in BH22 (4)
• Schools in BH24 (5)
• Schools in BH31 (3)
• Schools in DT1 (4)
• Schools in DT10 (6)
• Schools in DT11 (12)
• Schools in DT2 (13)
• Schools in DT3 (7)
• Schools in DT4 (9)
• Schools in DT6 (11)
• Schools in DT7 (3)
• Schools in DT8 (4)
• Schools in DT9 (10)
• Schools in SP5 (13)
• Schools in SP6 (7)
• Schools in SP7 (7)
• Schools in SP8 (6)
• Schools in TA20 (9)
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