The Purbeck School
Motto | Aim High Aspire Be Successful |
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Type | Community school |
Headteacher | Leanne Symonds |
Location |
Worgret Road Wareham Dorset BH20 4PF England Coordinates: 50°40′58″N 2°07′23″W / 50.68269°N 2.12316°W |
Local authority | Dorset County Council |
DfE URN | 113855 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Students | 992 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 13–18 |
Website |
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The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, England, near the Isle of Purbeck.
The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive two-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 11 from fourteen First Schools (ages 5 to 11) Most of them will then come to the Purbeck School (11 to 18).
The school is home to the Purbeck miniature railway.