Sturminster Newton High School
Academy converter secondary school in Sturminster Newton (Dorset).
Attainment 8
41.4
▼ 4.8 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
36%
▼ 10pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
89.1%
▼ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.3
▲ 0.6 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
29.1%
▲ 2pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
10.8%
▼ 3pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
67%
605 / 900 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected Apr 2026
Income and spending
iYear: not recorded in the source data. Academy trust accounts return (AAR), academy financial year (this school is an academy). DfE schools financial benchmarking via WhatSchool. These are real income and spending totals from the return, not derived. No England figures are shown because the year of the school data is unknown and so cannot be matched to a benchmarking year.£4.22mincome
£0spending
£4.22min-year balanceincome more than spending
£0revenue reservecarried forward