St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Middle deemed secondary · Dorchester · DT1 2DZ
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.
Inspected 5 July 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
714 pupils · 99% of 720 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.8% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4.2% of pupils
- Website
- www.stosmunds.wessex.ac
- URN
- 147904
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
180 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.