Schools in Wareham
Dorset · 10 schools
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Dorset (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Year 7 offers for September 2027: Monday 1 March 2027
Applications closed on 31 October. Late applications are still accepted but considered after on-time ones.
Schools in Wareham (10)
- Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School
Primary · Ages 2-11 · BH20 5EE
Ofsted: Good (2023)KS2: 75% expected (2025) - Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · BH20 7BN
Ofsted: Good (2022)KS2: 72% expected (2025) - Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · BH20 4PG
Ofsted: Good (2022)New report cardKS2: 65% expected (2025) - Wool Church of England Primary School
Primary · Ages 2-11 · BH20 6BT
Ofsted: Good (2023)KS2: 58% expected (2025)88% of first choices got in - Bere Regis Primary and Preschool
Primary · Ages 2-11 · BH20 7DB
Ofsted: Requires Improvement (2023)KS2: 78% expected (2025) - St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Ages 4-11 · BH20 6DS
Ofsted: Requires Improvement (2024)KS2: 58% expected (2025)
By type:Primary schools in Wareham (9)Secondary schools in Wareham (1)
10
9 primary · 1 secondary
2,402
80% capacity used
4
0 outstanding · 4 good
2,984
582 spare places
Ofsted Ratings
Best Schools in Wareham
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Best Schools in Dorset
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Area Performance (2026)
Attainment 8
49.0
GCSE Eng+Maths
48.5%
School Capacity & Demand
Primary Schools
76% occupied · 424 spare places
Secondary Schools
87% occupied · 158 spare places
Future school places: DfE estimates
Wareham's primary schools are in 2 DfE planning areas; DfE does not publish a figure for the town itself.
- 7 of Wareham's schools: DfE estimates the Purbeck Pyramid Primary planning area (Dorset) will have 777 spare primary places in 2027/28.
- 2 of Wareham's schools: DfE estimates the Lytchett Minster Pyramid Primary planning area (Dorset) will have 165 spare primary places in 2027/28. In the year groups that are short, it estimates 3 additional places needed.
Wareham's secondary school in DfE's capacity survey is in one DfE planning area.
DfE estimates the Purbeck Pyramid Secondary planning area (Dorset) will have 409 spare secondary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Questions parents ask about schools in Wareham
How many schools are there in Wareham?
Wareham has 10 open schools: 9 state primary and 1 state secondary or all-through.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Are there any Outstanding schools in Wareham?
None of the 7 graded schools in Wareham currently holds an Outstanding rating. 5 are rated Good, so 71% are Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.
Source: Ofsted
Which primary schools in Wareham have the best SATs results?
Of the 9 primary schools in Wareham with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Bovington Academy (86% in reading, 79% in maths); Bere Regis Primary and Preschool (91% in reading, 64% in maths); and Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School (71% in reading, 79% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.
Bovington AcademyBere Regis Primary and PreschoolCorfe Castle Church of England Primary School
Source: DfE school performance data
Are there grammar schools in Wareham?
No. None of the state secondary schools in Wareham selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools
Do schools in Wareham have catchment areas?
Most state schools in Wareham have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Dorset allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.
How do I apply for a school place in Wareham?
Apply to Dorset through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.