# Budmouth Academy Weymouth

Budmouth Academy Weymouth is a secondary school in Dorset, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,466 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E147443. [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,466
- Council: Dorset
- URN: 147443

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), March 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 19 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Requires improvement
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Budmouth Academy Weymouth was 40.0, against 43.3 in Dorset and 46.2 in England.
34.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Dorset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.0 | 43.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34.2% | 40.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.1% | 61.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 243 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Conifers Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/conifers-primary-school-e134080): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Chickerell Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chickerell-primary-academy-e139147): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Compass](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-compass-e134373): 1.3 km. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Standards maintained, October 2024
- [St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustines-catholic-primary-school-weymouth-e140755): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingfisher School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingfisher-school-e150924): 1.7 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechcroft-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e144298): 1.7 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147443)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147443)

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