Overall Oxbridge
#108
2 ranked schools · +806 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
80
Offers
25
Offer rate31.3%
+8.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
At the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen on the Dorset Heaths, Wimborne Minster has served as a market centre for the surrounding countryside since the Saxon period. Around 15,000 people live in the built-up area today, with the ancient minster church anchoring a compact town centre.
Canford Magna is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments in this part of Dorset, while East Borough and Pamphill draw families competing for primary places close to the town and in the surrounding countryside. Corfe Mullen and Colehill spread the catchment east. Poole, five miles south, is the nearest station, where South Western Railway services reach Bournemouth in under ten minutes and Southampton in around forty.
Area Performance
Across 7 primary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.41/10, -0.10 vs England.
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Distribution across all Wimborne schools
Wimborne vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Wimborne schools
top 36% of 14,978
top 36% of 14,978
top 43% of 2,376
top 43% of 2,376
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · +806 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
80
Offers
25
Oxford
2 ranked schools · +179 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
60
Offers
20
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +479 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
20
Offers
5
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