Budmouth Academy Weymouth, Weymouth

In 2026, pupils at Budmouth Academy Weymouth averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Dorset and 47 across England.

34% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Dorset and 47% in England.

That is down from 42 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.62: pupils made well 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 30.1, against 43.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Budmouth Academy Weymouth as their first choice and 399 named it as one of their preferences, for 235 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Budmouth Academy Weymouth are All Saints' Church of England Academy (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 37.8); and Wey Valley Academy (2.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9).

Budmouth Academy Weymouth's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Budmouth Academy Weymouth is one of 16 schools run by Aspirations Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 252 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 52% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 116 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Budmouth Academy Weymouth has a resourced provision (7 places, 7 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (260 places, 259 pupils on roll) for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, other difficulties or disabilities, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Weymouth Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Budmouth School (w-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 94 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Dorset (25), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Budmouth Academy Weymouth issued 320 suspensions, 21.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Budmouth Academy Weymouth are Conifers Primary School (0.5 miles); Chickerell Primary Academy (0.8 miles); St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (0.9 miles); and Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.