The Prince of Wales School

DorsetCommunity school

Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, DT1 2HH

Headteacher: Mr Gary SpracklenSchool website ↗Pupils: 156 (capacity: 150)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected June 2025
Oversubscribed
49% of first-choice applicants offered a place
inspected
Inspected June 2025
49%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Ofsted RatingInspected 3 June 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Good

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
61
How many got their first choice?
30of 61 (49.2%)
How many applied in total?
159

Pupils & Inclusion

Boys and girls
48%girls·52%boys
75 girls, 81 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

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