All Saints' Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 598 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
Academy sponsor led
Atlantic Academy Portland
- Pupils on roll
- 769of 1,020 places
- Free school meals
- 34.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 78
- Ofsted
- Report card, 24 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (URN 138388, until 31 August 2017).
What the data says
Of the 87 pupils who finished Year 11 at Atlantic Academy Portland in 2023, 21% stayed on in Atlantic Academy Portland’s own sixth form (Dorset average 43%), 60% went to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 34.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Dorset, with 19% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Atlantic Academy Portland | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 87 | 3,781 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 21% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 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
| Measure | Atlantic Academy Portland | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.0 | 43.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | 3.79 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 27.4 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 38.1 | 46.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 4% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 76 | 97% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 55% |
| Mathematics | 76 | 97% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 51% |
| English Literature | 76 | 97% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 45% |
| Combined Science | 76 | 97% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 46% |
| History | 37 | 47% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 43% |
| Geography | 35 | 45% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 40% |
| French | 28 | 36% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| Business Studies | 23 | 29% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 39% |
| Fine Art | 18 | 23% | 9% | 6% | 28% | 50% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech and Drama | 19 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 12 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 12 | — | — |
| Tourism | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Dorset
Beaminster School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 673 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,466 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Dorset Studio School
Studio schools · 332 pupils
64% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.1
Ferndown Upper School
Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Gillingham School
Academy converter · sixth form
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
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.