Budmouth Academy

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Budmouth Academy
Address
Budmouth Academy
Chickerell Road

, ,
DT4 9SY

England
Coordinates 50°36′40″N2°29′28″W / 50.6111°N 2.4911°W / 50.6111; -2.4911 Coordinates: 50°36′40″N2°29′28″W / 50.6111°N 2.4911°W / 50.6111; -2.4911
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Type Academy
TrustAspirations Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 147443 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalMike Hoffmann
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1,515
Website https://www.budmouth-aspirations.org/

Budmouth Academy (formerly Budmouth College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form situated in Weymouth, Dorset, overlooking the Jurassic Coast in England. [1] It is named after the semi-fictional town of Budmouth (based on Weymouth) in Thomas Hardy's novels.

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Facilities

The school caters for over 1,500 students in the 11-18 range (school years 7-13), and is the only school in Weymouth to have a sixth form. The facilities include 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 is the privately-owned Budmouth Community Sports Centre, which opened in 2003. [2]

2018 OFSTED report and aftermath

In June 2018, Budmouth College - which had been rated "outstanding" in 2010 and 2013 - was deemed to be "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors. [3] Four months later Ofsted inspector Steve Smith was reported as saying the school had improved following the removal of its "dysfunctional governing body". [4] In September 2019, the school became an academy, sponsored by the Aspiration Academy Trust, and was renamed Budmouth Academy. [5] The school closed on 31 August 2019 [6] pending its academisation. [7]

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