Academy converter · Middle deemed secondary
Wimborne · BH21 1PL · Dorset
Ages 9–13
Status: Open
0.9 miles away
OpenMiddle deemed secondaryURN 141829
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Academy converter · Wimborne · BH21 7AB
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Age range
Ages 9–13
Pupils
563
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, 563 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 16.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Salisbury.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141829
Location
- Address
- Colehill Lane, Colehill
- Postcode
- BH21 7AB
- 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
- 563
- Boys / girls
- 292 / 271
- School capacity
- 560
- Capacity fill
- 563 / 560 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- FSM pupils
- 91
- 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
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Governance
- Academy trust: INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wimborne Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Darren Ayling
- Telephone
- 01202883433
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-29
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)
- 9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0