Lytchett Minster School
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Lytchett Minster School yet. Dorset does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 11–19
- Pupils on roll
- 1,590
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
Lytchett Minster School is a secondary school serving Poole, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 1,590 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 1.6 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.
47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 98% of the families who made Lytchett Minster School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. Lytchett Minster School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.