Secondary
The Gryphon School
Bristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1569 of 1495 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2023
Good
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)GCSE results
44%
46.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.13 |
| Entered the EBacc | 33% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.12 |
| A level students | 156 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.9 |
| 22/23 | 36.3 |
| 23/24 | 38.2 |
| 24/25 | 35.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.19 |
| 22/23 | +0.14 |
| 23/24 | -0.06 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.5 |
| 22/23 | 50.1 |
| 23/24 | 48.1 |
| 24/25 | 46.7 |
Bristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
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 31 October, 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
- Jim Gower
- Address
- Bristol Road, Sherborne, DT9 4EQ
- Telephone
- 01935813122