Academy sponsor led · Middle deemed secondary
Broadstone · BH18 8AE · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ages 9–13
Status: Open
1.8 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryURN 145811
Lockyer's Middle School
Academy converter · Wimborne · BH21 3HQ
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Age range
Ages 9–13
Pupils
436
Local authority
Dorset
Age range
Ages 9–13
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (middle deemed secondary), Ages 9–13, in Wimborne, Dorset, 436 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 11.9%.
Nearby middle deemed secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Wimborne · BH21 1PL · Dorset
Ages 9–13
Status: Open
2.1 miles away
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Academy converter · Primary
Wimborne · BH21 3TR · Dorset
Ages 5–9
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
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Wimborne · BH21 3PX · Dorset
Ages 4–9
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
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Academy converter · Secondary
Broadstone · BH18 9BG · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ages 13–18
Status: Open
0.9 miles away
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Wimborne · BH21 3AA · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ages 16–25
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
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Academy converter · Primary
Broadstone · BH18 9BW · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ages 5–9
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145811
Location
- Address
- Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen
- Postcode
- BH21 3HQ
- Town
- Wimborne
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 436
- Boys / girls
- 237 / 199
- School capacity
- 528
- Capacity fill
- 436 / 528 (83%)
- Free school meals
- 11.9%
- FSM pupils
- 52
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wimborne Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss A Dufek
- Telephone
- 01202692779
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-10-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 63%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0