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Schools in Dorchester

Compare 20 schools and see combined statistics for the local census areas containing those schools.

Schools

20

Open schools with a GIAS address in this town or city

Covered population

42,231

5 local census areas counted once each

Recent police records

51.8 / 1,000

2025-07 to 2026-06

Overall deprivation

Band 6 of 10

Around the middle of areas in England

Schools in Dorchester

20 schools in this directory

8.6Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · State-funded7.6The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary · State-funded5.5Broadmayne First SchoolPrimary · State-funded5.5Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolPrimary · State-funded5.5Cheselbourne Village SchoolPrimary · State-funded5.5Damers First SchoolPrimary · State-funded5.5Dorchester Learning CentrePRU · State-funded5.5Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolPrimary · State-funded5.5St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterPrimary · State-funded2.8St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolSecondary · State-funded2.0St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownSecondary · State-funded1.2Dorset Studio SchoolSecondary · State-funded0.6Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolPrimary · State-funded0.3Manor Park Church of England First SchoolPrimary · State-funded0.2Dorchester Middle SchoolSecondary · State-funded—Frome Valley CofE VA First SchoolPrimary · State-funded—Puddletown Church of England First SchoolPrimary · State-funded—St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterPrimary · State-funded—Sunninghill Preparatory SchoolPrimary · Independent—The Prince of Wales SchoolPrimary · State-funded

Crime across Dorchester

2,186

anonymised Police.uk records across the covered local census areas

Lower crime pressure than about 70% of areas

Violence and sexual offences759
Anti-social behaviour522
Shoplifting218
Criminal damage and arson165
Other theft143
Public order108
Vehicle crime89
Burglary71

How this city area is defined

Greater London uses its official regional boundary. Elsewhere, schools are grouped by the town in their official DfE/GIAS address. Each MSOA is assigned to the town named by most open schools inside it and counted once. Outside London this is a practical school-search area, not a statutory city boundary or admissions catchment.