Budmouth Academy

Budmouth Academy (formerly Budmouth College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in Weymouth, Dorset, overlooking the Jurassic Coast in England.^[2] It is named after the semi-fictional town of Budmouth (based on Weymouth) in Thomas Hardy's novels.

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	Sara Mashike[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,515
Website	www.budmouth-aspirations.org

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.^[3]

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.^[4] Four months later Ofsted inspector Steve Smith was reported as saying the school had improved following the removal of its "dysfunctional governing body".^[5] In September 2019, the school became an academy, sponsored by the Aspiration Academy Trust, and was renamed Budmouth Academy.^[6] The school closed on 31 August 2019^[7] pending its academisation.^[8]