All Saints' Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · 598 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.6
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Harbour School Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 145of 130 places
- Free school meals
- 53.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 23
- Ofsted
- Good, 10 October 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Harbour School Dorset in 2023, 0% stayed on in Harbour School Dorset’s own sixth form (Dorset average 43%), 22% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 3.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Dorset, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Harbour School Dorset | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 3,781 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 78% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 56% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 11% | 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 | Harbour School Dorset | Dorset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.9 | 43.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.26 | 3.79 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 3.2 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 4.6 | 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 | 9 | 39% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| Mathematics | 9 | 39% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| Fine Art | 3 | 13% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Geography | 2 | 9% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
Other secondary schools in Dorset
Atlantic Academy Portland
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 769 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.0
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
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.