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School catchment maps in Dorset

The 131 primary and secondary school catchments we hold for Dorset, from the council's own published maps.

Where the maps come from

Dorset school catchment boundaries, supplied by the council as a GIS file. Contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right.

Licence: The council publishes this map online, but we have no record of its reuse licence, and have asked for it.

The council's map we read · Dorset's admissions pages · Dorset key dates

Councils redraw catchments, and a school can set its own. The council's current map is the one that counts.

Primary schools (115)

The map we hold: Dorset, 2026. Edition: the council does not date this map; we last read or checked it on 17 October 2026.

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolArchbishop Wake Church of England Primary SchoolAtlantic Academy PortlandBeaminster St Mary's AcademyBeechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolBincombe Valley Primary SchoolBlandford St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolBovington AcademyBridport Primary SchoolBridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBroadmayne First School and NurseryBroadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBuckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolBurton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolCerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolCharmouth Primary SchoolCharmouth Primary SchoolCheselbourne Village SchoolChickerell Primary AcademyChickerell Primary AcademyColehill First SchoolConifers Primary SchoolCorfe Castle Church of England Primary SchoolCranborne Church of England First SchoolDamers First SchoolDownlands Community SchoolDunbury Church of England AcademyDurweston Church of England Primary SchoolFerndown First SchoolFrome Valley CofE First SchoolGillingham Primary SchoolHampreston Church of England Voluntary Aided First SchoolHayeswood First SchoolHazelbury Bryan Primary SchoolHenbury View First SchoolHillside Community First SchoolHoly Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community NurseryLoders CofE Primary AcademyLulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary SchoolLytchett Matravers Primary SchoolMaiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary SchoolManor Park Church of England First SchoolMarshwood CofE Primary AcademyMarshwood CofE Primary AcademyMilborne St Andrew First SchoolMilldown CofE AcademyMilton-on-Stour Church of England Primary SchoolMotcombe CofE Primary SchoolOakhurst Community First SchoolPamphill Church of England First SchoolParley First SchoolParrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPiddle Valley Church of England First SchoolPimperne Church of England VC Primary SchoolPortesham Church of England Primary SchoolPortesham Church of England Primary SchoolPowerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPuddletown Church of England First SchoolRadipole Primary SchoolRushcombe First SchoolSalway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolShaftesbury Church of England Primary SchoolSherborne Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolSherborne Primary SchoolShillingstone Church of England Primary SchoolSixpenny Handley First School and NurserySouthill Primary SchoolSpetisbury CofE Primary SchoolSt Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolSt George's Church of England Primary School, Langton MatraversSt George's Church of England School, BourtonSt George's Foundation Primary SchoolSt Gregory's Church of England Primary School, MarnhullSt Ives Primary & Nursery SchoolSt James Church of England First SchoolSt James' Church of England First School and Nursery, AlderholtSt John's Church of England First School, WimborneSt John's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary SchoolSt Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterSt Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasSt Mary's CofE First School & NurserySt Michael's CofE Primary School, Lyme RegisSt Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary SchoolSt Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child OkefordStalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolSticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolStoborough Church of England Primary SchoolStower Provost Community SchoolSturminster Marshall First SchoolSwanage Primary SchoolSwanage St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolSymondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolThe Abbey CofE VA Primary School, ShaftesburyThe Prince of Wales SchoolThorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyThorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyThornford CofE Primary SchoolThree Legged Cross First and Nursery SchoolTrent Young's CofE Primary SchoolTrinity Church of England First SchoolUpton Infant SchoolUpton Junior SchoolVerwood Church of England First SchoolWareham St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolWilliam Barnes Primary SchoolWimborne First School and NurseryWimborne St Giles Church of England First School and NurseryWinterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolWitchampton Church of England First SchoolWool Church of England Primary SchoolWyke Primary SchoolWyke Regis Church of England Junior SchoolWyke Regis Infant School and Nursery
Catchment areas: Dorset Council, 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. The outline is simplified and approximate: check an address with the lookup above, or with the council. School names are in the list below; on a computer, point at an area to see its school.

Secondary schools (16)

The map we hold: Dorset, 2026. Edition: the council does not date this map; we last read or checked it on 17 October 2026.

Atlantic Academy PortlandBeaminster SchoolFerndown Upper SchoolGillingham SchoolLytchett Minster SchoolQueen Elizabeth's SchoolShaftesbury SchoolSturminster Newton High SchoolThe Blandford SchoolThe Gryphon SchoolThe Purbeck SchoolThe Sir John Colfox AcademyThe Swanage SchoolThe Thomas Hardye SchoolThe Woodroffe SchoolWey Valley Academy
Catchment areas: Dorset Council, 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right. The outline is simplified and approximate: check an address with the lookup above, or with the council. School names are in the list below; on a computer, point at an area to see its school.
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