Budmouth Academy

Budmouth Academy
Address
Chickerell Road Weymouth , Dorset , DT4 9SY England
Coordinates	50.6111°N 2.4911°W / 50.6111; -2.4911
Information
Type	Academy
Trust	Aspirations Academies Trust
Department for Education URN	147443 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Mike Hoffmann
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,515
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.

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]

References

1. "Home". Budmouth Academy. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
2. Budmouth Community Sports Centre official website. Budmouthsports.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
3. "Damning OFSTED report for Weymouth's Budmouth College", Dorset Echo, 14 June 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. "Budmouth School has been praised for improvements after a damning OFSTED report", Dorset Echo, 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. "Budmouth College announces takeover by Aspirations Academy Trust", Dorset Echo, 22 January 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. "'Get Information About Schools' - Budmouth College, gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
7. "Budmouth WILL convert to academy, says education secretary", Dorset Echo, 23 August 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

External links

• Budmouth Academy official website