Ferndown Middle School

Academy converter · Primary school · Ferndown, Dorset

BH22 9UP

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

30.4

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#12,832

National rank

#1379

In South West

#80

In Dorset

Top 90%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

45%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

103.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

102.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 56% → 45% ▼ 11.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 613 % FSM ever-6 20.9% % EAL 4.1% Age range 9–13 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Location

Nearby primary schools

West Moors Middle School Ferndown · 1.7 mi 50.5 St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill Wimborne · 3.0 mi 53.9 Allenbourn Middle School Wimborne · 3.8 mi 53.5 St Ives Primary & Nursery School Ringwood · 4.2 mi 73.7 Emmanuel Church of England Middle School Verwood · 4.9 mi 53.9 Lockyer's Middle School Wimborne · 5.3 mi 65.7 Upton Junior School Poole · 7.5 mi 32.9