Cranborne Middle School
Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5RP
265 pupils · 104% of 256 capacity
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Some aspects not as strong” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 15 January 2025, published 2 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 65% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Emmanuel Church of England Middle School 6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- West Moors Middle School 11.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill 12.9 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Ferndown Middle School 13.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Allenbourn Middle School 14 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Lockyer's Middle School 17.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.