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Cranborne Middle School

Secondary · Dorset · BH21 5RP · URN 113853

Ofsted: not publishedLast inspected 2025-01-15Cohort 265

Exam results

No published key stage results are held for this school yet. That is normal for new schools, very small cohorts, and settings that do not sit national tests. Standards, progress and stretch are scored from the other evidence we hold, and the missing figures are never treated as a low score.

Local authority average class size

Area benchmark

Dorset · State-funded schools · 2025/26

Secondary classes
22.3 pupils per class

This is the council-area average, not this school’s class size. It is not used in your scorecard ranking.

Source: DfE school census · 2025/26

Published figures

English as an additional language
0.4% of pupils
Eligible for free school meals
18.5% of pupils
Pupils on SEN support
9.4% of pupils
Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
10.6pupils per adult
Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
26% of pupils
Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
8% of pupils
Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
18.9pupils per teacher
Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
65% of pupils
Teachers who stayed the following year (3-year average)
86.5% of teachers

Data last refreshed 2026-10-12. Source: DfE and Ofsted open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where it is

Distances are straight-line from the centre of your outward postcode, not a walking or driving route, and never a catchment or admissions prediction.

Nearby secondary schools

Common questions about Cranborne Middle School

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Where is the school and which authority runs it?
Cranborne Middle School is a secondary school in Dorset, postcode BH21 5RP (URN 113853).
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Feeder schools

Named feeder primary schools

  • Colehill FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • Cranborne CE FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • Hayeswood FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • Pamphill CE FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • St Catherine’s RC PrimaryInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • St John’s CE FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d
  • Witchampton CE FirstInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)[PDF] Admissions to schools - Dorset Council
    Admissions wording: \u201cWimborne Pyramid Colehill First Cranborne CE First Hayeswood First Pamphill CE First Sixpenny Handley First St Catherine’s RC Primary St James CE First (Alderholt) St James CE First (Gaunt’s Common) St John’s CE First Wimborne First Wimborne St Giles CE First Witchampton CE First Allenbourn Middle Cranbourne Middle\u201d

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