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Beaucroft Foundation School

Special schoolAges 4–19FoundationSixth form

Wimborne Minster, BH21 2SS · Dorset local authority

Wimborne Minster’s School Grade C+ better than 36% of towns in England

How full
241 pupils
105% of its 230 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Beaucroft Foundation School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BH21 2) sold for a median £403,375; Wimborne Minster’s is £390,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

231 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
2.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 32%Boys 68%
Its letter

No letter for Beaucroft Foundation School

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.

Graded inspection: Good, November 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Beaucroft Foundation School

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

Home prices in BH21 2, the school’s postcode sector

Wimborne Minster property prices →
£403,375
median sale, 460 sales in 36 months · Wimborne Minster £390,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025BH21 2Wimborne Minster
BH21 2Wimborne Minster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£530K
Semi-detached
£370K
Terraced
£320K
Flat
£202K
BH21 2Wimborne Minster

Homes in BH21 2 sell for a little over Wimborne Minster’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

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+CB−Beaucroft Foundation School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Wimborne Minster, BH21 2SS

Beaucroft Foundation School: common questions

What is Beaucroft Foundation School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).

How much do houses cost near Beaucroft Foundation School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BH21 2, sold for a median £403,375 over the 36 months to August 2026 (460 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; Wimborne Minster’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.