School profile
Ferndown Upper School
Cherry Grove, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9EY
Overview
Ferndown Upper School is a state-funded school (foundation school) in Ferndown, South West, for pupils aged 13–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Foundation school
- Establishment group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 13–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 1,146
- Pupils on roll
- 1,134
- URN
- 113854
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Dorset
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 1,224
- Pupils on roll
- 1,131
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 93
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
2024/25 results
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 45.7
- England
- 47.1
Pupils included: 249
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 45.4%
- England
- 46.5%
Pupils included: 249
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 70.3%
- England
- 66.4%
Pupils included: 249
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 12.4%
- England
- 41.5%
Pupils included: 249
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 3 March 2026 · Published 5 May 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 8 December 2021 · Published 17 February 2022
Outcome: School remains Good
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
Location
- Address
- Cherry Grove, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9EY
- Local authority
- Dorset
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