Harbour Vale School
Special / other · Sherborne · DT9 4DN
Good
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes
Inspected 30 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
23 pupils · 61% of 38 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 69.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 44.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.6% of pupils
- URN
- 146958
Staffing
Pupils per qualified teacher
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 30 April 2024: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.