Aurora Boveridge College
Aurora Boveridge College is a special post 16 institution in Wimborne for boys and girls aged 16 to 25.
Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5RU01725 551247the-aurora-group.com/boveridgecollegeMr Lloyd Richards headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Dorset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Beeches School | Independent (grammar) | 610 m | 48 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Cranborne Middle School | Council | 1.1 miles | 265 | Not inspected | 26 | Compare |
| Cranborne Church of England First School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 73 | Good 2023 | 79 | Compare |
| Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery | Academy | 2.9 miles | 70 | Good 2023 | 65 | Compare |
| Trinity Church of England First School | Academy | 3.3 miles | 128 | No overall grade 2025 | 76 | Compare |
| St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt | Academy | 3.4 miles | 125 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School | Church of England | 3.5 miles | 160 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
| Hillside Community First School | Academy | 3.7 miles | 221 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Aurora Boveridge College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Aurora Boveridge College yet.
How many pupils does Aurora Boveridge College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5RU
- Telephone
- 01725 551247
- Website
- www.the-aurora-group.com/boveridgecollege
- Headteacher
- Mr Lloyd Richards
- Type of school
- Special post 16 institution (Special post 16 institution, other types)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 16-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Ward
- Cranborne & Alderholt
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- URN
- 146038 · LAESTAB 8387900 · UKPRN 10067746
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.