Catchment areas for schools

Guidance on which school catchment area your address or area is in, but please contact admissions for confirmation.

You can view primary, middle or secondary school catchment areas on a map or use our find your nearest function to find out which school catchment your address comes under.
This information is for Dorset Local Authority schools only(not Poole or Bournemouth).
This information is for guidance only. Please contact the School Admissions Team for confirmation.
You are not guaranteed a place at your catchment or preferred school.

The following schools in the Dorset LA do not operate catchment areas:

All Saints CE School, Weymouth

Budmouth Technology College, Weymouth

The Priory CE VA Primary School, Christchurch

Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic Schools

The following schools have catchment areas which extend into neighbouring LA areas:

The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis

Gillingham School

Shaftesbury School

Twynham School, Christchurch

Highcliffe School, Christchurch