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Westfield Arts College

Special schoolAges 4–19FoundationSixth form

Weymouth, DT3 6AA · Dorset local authority

Weymouth’s School Grade D better than 13% of towns in England

How full
233 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
52%
52 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Westfield Arts College

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 52% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DT3 6) sold for a median £365,000; Weymouth’s is £280,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

234 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
54.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 27%Boys 73%
Its letter

No letter for Westfield Arts College

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Westfield Arts College

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DT3 6, the school’s postcode sector

Weymouth property prices →
£365,000
median sale, 446 sales in 36 months · Weymouth £280,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025DT3 6Weymouth
DT3 6Weymouth

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£470K
Semi-detached
£330K
Terraced
£260K
Flat
£203K
DT3 6Weymouth

Homes in DT3 6 sell for well over Weymouth’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

5 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−DDC−C+Westfield Arts College
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Weymouth, DT3 6AA

Westfield Arts College: common questions

What is Westfield Arts College’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Westfield Arts College?

Homes in its postcode sector, DT3 6, sold for a median £365,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (446 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Weymouth’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.