Dorchester Middle School

School Name: Dorchester Middle School
Address: Queen's Avenue
Town/City: Dorchester
County: Dorset
Postcode: DT1 2HS
Telephone Number: 01305 265651
Website: http://www.dorchestermid.dorset.sch.uk

Phase: Middle deemed secondary (ages 9-13)
Type: Academy converter
Religious Denomination: None
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 2012
Trust: Wessex Multi Academy Trust
Sponsor: Wessex Multi Academy Trust

Headteacher: Headteacher Jonathan Webb
Capacity: 600
Gender: Mixed

The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 527 (49% boys & 51% girls)
Enrollment: 88% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 22%

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URN: 138186
DfE Number: 838/4031
UKPRN: 10037405
UPRN: 100041033323
Region: South West (E12000009)
District: Dorset (E06000059)
Constituency: West Dorset (E14001575)
Electoral Ward: Dorchester West (E05012698)

Easting & Northing: 368424E, 89935N
Latitude & Longitude: 50° 42' 31.77" N 2° 26' 54.35" W
Plus Code: 9C2VPH52+GJ

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1. The Thomas Hardye School (0.4km)
2. The Prince of Wales School (0.6km)
3. Sunninghill Preparatory School (1.2km)
4. St Osmund's Church of England Middle School (1.2km)
5. Damers First School (1.3km)
6. St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester (1.4km)
7. Manor Park Church of England First School (1.5km)
8. Dorchester Learning Centre (1.7km)
9. St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster (2.8km)
10. Dorset Studio School (3.3km)

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• Milborne St Andrew First School
• Piddle Valley Church of England First School
• Puddletown Church of England First School
• Bere Regis Primary and Preschool
• Damers First School
• St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
• The Purbeck School
• Manor Park Church of England First School

• The Thomas Hardye School
• St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
• Frome Valley CofE First School
• Milborne St Andrew First School
• Piddle Valley Church of England First School
• Puddletown Church of England First School
• Bere Regis Primary and Preschool
• Damers First School
• St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
• The Purbeck School
• Manor Park Church of England First School

• Dorchester Middle School