All Saints' Church of England Academy, Weymouth

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades All Saints' Church of England Academy on 6 areas: 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum and teaching at the school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure there is a clear process of identifying pupils' needs and any barriers to learning they may face."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "All Saints' Church of England Academy is a school on a positive journey of improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal, social, health and economic curriculum is known as 'learning for life'."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' overall attainment and progress, as shown in published outcomes, is below national average."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' attendance is below national average and has been persistently low over time."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all pupils, including those that are disadvantaged, consistently achieve well so that they are suitably prepared for their next stage in education, employment or training"; "Leaders must continue to improve the attendance of all pupils over time, particularly ensuring that the number of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities that are regularly absent from school reduces"; "Leaders should ensure that highly effective teaching is consistently embedded across all subjects and all year groups".

In 2026, pupils at All Saints' Church of England Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Dorset and 47 across England.

35% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Dorset and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.33: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 27.4, against 42.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 93 families put All Saints' Church of England Academy as their first choice and 213 named it as one of their preferences, for 93 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to All Saints' Church of England Academy are Budmouth Academy Weymouth (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40); Wey Valley Academy (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9); and Atlantic Academy Portland (4.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.7).

All Saints' Church of England Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

All Saints' Church of England Academy is one of 13 schools run by Authentic Education Group Limited, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 162 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 56% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

10.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Weymouth Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Foords Corner (sw-bound), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 111 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Dorset (25), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, All Saints' Church of England Academy issued 451 suspensions, 64.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to All Saints' Church of England Academy are Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery (0.1 miles); Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School (0.2 miles); Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery (0.5 miles); and St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.