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Budmouth Academy Weymouth

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Chickerell Road, Weymouth DT4 9SY · budmouth-aspirations.org · 01305 830500

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
42
average Attainment 8 score. Dorset 43.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,466
81% of 1,800 places
Local authority
Dorset
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
27.1%
First language not English
4.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Aspirations Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 234 families put the school first and 235 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 244 (Places 245)244September 2023: 280 (Places 252)280September 2024: 249 (Places 244)249September 2025: 270 (Places 244)270September 2026: 234 (Places 235)234Places 235
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262352341100%
September 2025Sept 20252442701.1▲90%
September 2024Sept 20242442491▲98%
September 2023Sept 20232522801.1▲90%
September 2022Sept 20222452441100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42, and 40.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Dorset it was 43.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (26.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.9 (England 46.3)40.92017/18: 45.4 (England 46.5)45.42021/22: 43.2 (England 48.8)43.22022/23: 41.2 (England 46.3)41.22023/24: 39.9 (England 45.9)39.92024/25: 42.0 (England 46.0)42.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼4246
▼40.3%45.4%
▼60.9%64.8%
▲57.1%40.5%
▼3.884.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113902)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form34.9−10.2
Further education51.6+10.9
Other education0.4−1.4
Apprenticeship3.2−0.3
Employment2−2.4
Not in a lasting destination6.3+2.8
Activity not captured1.6+0.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.4 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 27.1 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 25.4 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 27.2 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 31.7 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.0 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 27.4 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 26.1 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
89 studentsC- (26.1)Below average -0.27
91 studentsC- (26.2)Below average -0.26
56 studentsDist- (30.9)Average +0.17
1.9%AAB or better
81.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2495C- (27.4)-0.44
2022/23104C- (28)—
2021/22103C+ (31.7)—
2018/19193C- (27.2)-0.21
2017/18191C- (25.4)-0.21
2016/17223C- (27.1)-0.27
2015/16208C- (26.4)-0.29

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38.8+2.6
Further and other education7.8+2.6
Further education2.60
Other education5.2+2.6
Apprenticeship2.6−3.4
Employment31.9−5.2
Not in a lasting destination14.7+3.5
Activity not captured4.30

Ofsted

Budmouth Academy Weymouth was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
19 Mar 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113902), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2018Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113902)

  • Sept 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113902)

  • Oct 2010Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113902)

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (159 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
87%
Replies
159
11% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●85% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲84% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 81% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲75% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 44% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲84% agreeEngland 67%

based on 45 parents (28%) with SEND

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