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Bryanston School

Mixed · ages 3–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar) · Church of EnglandDorset, South West · Blandford Forum DT11 0PXSchool website
Pupils on roll
776of 911 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
139
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Bryanston School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

A level grades average B, above the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Business Studies, English Literature and Mathematics.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Dorset and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBryanston SchoolDorsetEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)9.343.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%41%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%62%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%38%41%
EBacc average point score0.263.794.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.134.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils46.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language4%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Fine Art3223%9%44%28%100%
Physical Education3122%11%55%24%97%
Drama2317%7%48%27%83%
3D Design1914%2%21%16%89%
Music1813%5%72%33%100%
Computer Science1712%13%41%30%88%
Latin1712%1%65%74%94%
Classical Civilisation1712%1%35%40%82%
Religious Studies118%31%27%32%100%
Russian75%0%100%87%100%
Turkish32%0%71%
Japanese21%0%53%
Classical Greek11%0%92%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Music performance: Group76%
Music performance: Group32%
Music performance: Group11%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureBryanston SchoolDorsetEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study305
— of whom A level students1251,518261,341
Average A level gradeBC+B-
Average points per A level entry38.4932.2035.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects10%11%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business Studies2621%13%
English Literature2318%11%
Mathematics2016%31%
Economics1915%13%
Politics1915%6%
History1613%13%
Physical Education1613%3%
Fine Art1613%3%
Psychology1512%23%
Drama1210%2%
Physics119%12%
Product Design108%2%
Classical Civilisation108%1%
Biology97%20%
History of Art97%0%
Chemistry86%17%
Computer Science76%5%
French65%1%
Chinese0%
Classical Greek0%
Photography3%
3D Design1%
German0%
Latin0%
Further Mathematics5%
Music0%
Music Technology0%
Religious Studies4%
Russian0%
Spanish2%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)1915%
BaccalaureateInternational Baccalaureate119%
Business StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 397%
Film StudiesIBO Higher level component97%
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)
EconomicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
MathematicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3
EconomicsGCE AS level (All)
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)

Other secondary schools in Dorset

Beaminster School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 673 pupils

81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0

Ferndown Upper School

Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.