Budmouth College


Budmouth College was a mixed secondary school and Sixth Form situated in Weymouth, Dorset, overlooking the Jurassic Coast. It was named after the semi-fictional town of Budmouth in Thomas Hardy's novels.

Facilities

The school catered for over 1,500 students in the 11-18 range, and was the only school in Weymouth to have a sixth form. The facilities included extensive playing fields covering, netball and tennis courts, several design studios, and a photography workshop. Also forming part of the site was the privately-owned Budmouth Community Sports Centre, which opened in 2003 and which was still operating as of 2019.

2018 OFSTED report and aftermath

In June 2018, the school - which had been rated "outstanding" in 2010 and 2013 - was deemed to be "inadequate" by OFSTED inspectors. Four months later OFSTED inspector Steve Smith was reported as saying the school had improved following the removal of its "dysfunctional governing body". In 2019, it was announced that the school would become an academy, and would be taken over by the Aspiration Academy Trust. The school closed on 31 August 2019 pending its academisation.