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List of schools in Dorset

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Schools in Dorset, England include state schools under the local education authorities, most of which operate a two-tier comprehensive system whereby pupils attend a primary school before completing their education at secondary school.[1] Some of the county's schools are academies—self-governing state schools which have become independent of their local education authority and are maintained directly by the Department for Education.[2]

Dorset also contains a range of privately funded independent schools. Many are boarding schools which also take day pupils, such as the co-educational Canford School which is built around a 19th-century Grade I listed manor house; and Sherborne School, a boys' school founded in the 16th century.[3]

Four of the county's five largest towns contain a further education college: Weymouth College, Kingston Maurward College in Dorchester and Bournemouth and Poole College which is one of the largest in the UK.[4] Dorset has two higher education establishments situated in the heart of the county's south east conurbation. Bournemouth University has facilities across Bournemouth and Poole and over 17,000 students.[5]


State-funded schools

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Primary and first schools

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Middle schools

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Secondary and upper schools

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Special and alternative schools

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Further education

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Independent schools

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Primary and preparatory schools

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Senior and all-through schools

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Special and alternative schools

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References

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  1. ^ "Admissions to schools" (PDF). Dorset For You. Dorset County Council. 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Sponsored Academies" (XLS). Department for Education. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "A short history of Sherborne School". Sherborne School. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Partner colleges". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ^ "University history". Bournemouth University. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
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