Foundation special school

Beaucroft Foundation School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formDorset, South West · Wimborne BH21 2SSSchool website
Pupils on roll
241of 230 places
Free school meals
32.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
Good, 21 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at Beaucroft Foundation School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Beaucroft Foundation School’s own sixth form (Dorset average 43%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

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.

Beaucroft Foundation School
Dorset
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBeaucroft Foundation SchoolDorsetEngland
Pupils in the cohort153,781607,348
Any sustained destination100%94%92%
Stayed in education100%85%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%13%
— further education college0%39%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

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.