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 (based on Weymouth) in Thomas Hardy's novels.

Budmouth Technology College
Address
Chickerell Road

Weymouth
,
Dorset
,
DT4 9SY

England
Coordinates50.6111°N 2.4911°W / 50.6111; -2.4911
Information
TypeFoundation Comprehensive
MottoWorking Together, Creating Opportunities.
Department for Education URN113902 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,691
Colour(s)Black, Blue, Yellow
HeadteacherDavid Herbert

Facilities

The school catered for over 1,500 students in the 11-18 range (school years 7-13), and was the only school in Weymouth to have a sixth form. The facilities included extensive playing fields covering 12 acres (49,000 m2), 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.[1]

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.[2] Four months later OFSTED inspector Steve Smith was reported as saying the school had improved following the removal of its "dysfunctional governing body".[3] In 2019, it was announced that the school would become an academy, and would be taken over by the Aspiration Academy Trust.[4] The school closed on 31 August 2019[5] pending its academisation.[6]

References
  1. Budmouth Community Sports Centre official website. Budmouthsports.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. "Damning OFSTED report for Weymouth's Budmouth College", Dorset Echo, 14 June 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. "Budmouth School has been praised for improvements after a damning OFSTED report", Dorset Echo, 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. "Budmouth College announces takeover by Aspirations Academy Trust", Dorset Echo, 22 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. "'Get Information About Schools' - Budmouth College, gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "Budmouth WILL convert to academy, says education secretary", Dorset Echo, 23 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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