Schools in Weymouth
Weymouth has 22 state schools coordinated by Dorset Council, serving both the coastal town and the inland parishes of the historic borough. The area's primary schools mostly use distance as the final tiebreaker, with some faith schools operating their own criteria. Oversubscription is most acute in the northern residential parts of the town, where several primaries have historically offered places within 0.8 miles.
Weymouth's secondary landscape includes a number of large all-through schools. Dorset Council uses a home-to-school straight-line distance for its community secondary catchment areas, and detailed maps are published in the council's annual admissions booklet each September for the following intake year.
School demand in Weymouth
Across the 20 schools in Weymouth with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 83%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Weymouth have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
11 of the schools in Weymouth are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Dorset, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
11 of the schools in Weymouth have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Weymouth: 2 oversubscribed (14)
Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Weymouth · DT4 9LU
Bincombe Valley Primary School
Primary · Community school
Weymouth · DT3 6AW
Radipole Primary School
Primary · Community school
Weymouth · DT3 5HS
Southill Primary School
Primary · Community school
Weymouth · DT4 9UF
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Weymouth · DT4 9NU
Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Weymouth · DT4 9QX
Conifers Primary School
Primary · Community school
Weymouth · DT4 0QF
Chickerell Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT3 4AT
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth
Primary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT4 0RH
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT4 0LQ
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Weymouth · DT3 6AA
St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT4 7TP
Portesham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Weymouth · DT3 4HP
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT3 5DQ
Secondary Schools in Weymouth (3)
All Saints' Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Weymouth · DT4 9BJ
Wey Valley Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Weymouth · DT3 5AN
Budmouth Academy Weymouth
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Weymouth · DT4 9SY
Other Schools in Weymouth (5)
Westfield Arts College
Not applicable · Foundation special school
Weymouth · DT3 6AA
Coastland College
All through · Further education
Weymouth · DT4 7LQ
The Compass
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Weymouth · DT4 0QU
Wyvern Academy
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Weymouth · DT3 5AL
Kingfisher School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Weymouth · DT4 0JH
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Weymouth are set by Dorset and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.