The Prince of Wales School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

West DorsetConstituency

DT1 2HHPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

The Prince of Wales School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Dorset, South West.

It currently serves 156 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

156

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 156
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
12 Jul 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.