Shaftesbury School
Academy · Year 7–Year 13 · 782 pupils
Sturminster Newton High School
Bath Road, Sturminster Newton DT10 1DT
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
605
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 900
Local authority
Dorset
Sherborne Area Schools' Trust
Schola Grade 4
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Sturminster Newton High School
Sturminster Newton High School is a secondary academy in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Sherborne Area Schools' Trust.
It has 605 pupils on roll and room for 900. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 4 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 605
- Capacity
- 900 pupils
- Free school meals
- 30.00% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Sherborne Area Schools' Trust
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 149657
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