Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd
Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd is a special post 16 institution in Dorchester for boys and girls aged 16 to 25.
The Walled Garden, Moreton, Dorchester, DT2 8RH01929 405685employmyability.org.ukMr James Dunham head of educationAll 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovington Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 180 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| Harbour School Dorset | Free school | 2.3 miles | 145 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Frome Valley CofE First School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 141 | No overall grade 2025 | 5 | Compare |
| St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 2.7 miles | 81 | Requires improvement 2024 | 5 | Compare |
| Wool Church of England Primary School | Academy | 3.0 miles | 116 | Good 2023 | 27 | Compare |
| Bere Regis Primary and Preschool | Academy | 4.1 miles | 119 | No overall grade 2025 | 28 | Compare |
| Puddletown Church of England First School | Academy | 4.2 miles | 134 | No overall grade 2025 | 64 | Compare |
| St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown | Academy | 4.4 miles | 441 | Good 2019 | 58 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd yet.
How many pupils does Employ My Ability (EMA) Ltd 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
- The Walled Garden, Moreton, Dorchester, DT2 8RH
- Telephone
- 01929 405685
- Website
- www.employmyability.org.uk
- Head of Education
- Mr James Dunham
- 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
- West Purbeck
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- URN
- 145149 · LAESTAB 8387901 · UKPRN 10088810
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.