SCHOOL PROFILE

The Gryphon School: data, trends and context

The Gryphon School is a secondary school in Dorset. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
138471
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Dorset
Region
South West
Trust
SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
Postcode
DT9 4EQ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,569
FSM eligible
18.0%
EAL / First language other than English
10.9%
SEND (total)
10.4%
SEN Support
7.0%
EHCP
3.4%
White British
80.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Severe absence
2.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DorsetLocal authority91.1%8.9%2.9%
South WestRegion90.7%9.3%3.1%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
4.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
2.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.19%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
46.7
English & maths grade 5+
44.4%
English & maths grade 4+
66.2%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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The Gryphon School is a secondary school in Dorset. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.