The Blandford School

Voluntary controlled schoolSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7SQ

Headteacher · Mr Alan Jones

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 22 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,103Capacity 1,557

OfstedGoodInspected 23 April 2024

Free school meals21.2%

Good

Graded inspection on 23 April 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Dorset council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 199 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered202

Applications231

First choice199

First-choice offers199

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).