All-through
The Forum Centre
The Forum Centre, Park Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 19 of 57 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 4.2
- Local authority
- Dorset
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 20.1
- Pupils per adult
- 3.3
- Pupils
- 67
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)The Forum Centre, Park Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Dorset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Kim Rickford
- Address
- The Forum Centre, Park Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7BX
- Telephone
- 01258455202