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Mountjoy School
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–19 · Community special school
Tunnel Road, Beaminster DT8 3HB · mountjoy.dorset.sch.uk · 01308 861155
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 0%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Dorset 55%, England 61%
- Pupils
- 112
- 2 over 110 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 40.2%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2023/24, 0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Dorset it was 55%, and across England 61%.
Key stage 2 results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | hidden | 62% |
| Higher standard | hidden | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | hidden | 106 |
| Maths | hidden | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
GCSE results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Where Year 11 leavers went
Left in 2019/20
| Other education | 100 |
|---|
Ofsted
Mountjoy School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 15 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 28
- 28% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (100%) with SEND