Graduately Developing Futures
Graduately Developing Futures is an independent special school in Dorset for boys and girls aged 6 to 14. It has 23 pupils and room for 36.
Valley View Farm, Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, BH16 6DA0785 443 4575graduatelydevelopingfutures.co.ukMr James Gregory 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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lytchett Matravers Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 484 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Castle Court School | Independent | 1.7 miles | 227 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sturminster Marshall First School | Council | 1.9 miles | 49 | No overall grade 2025 | 4 | Compare |
| Lytchett Minster School | Foundation | 2.0 miles | 1,624 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
| Henbury View First School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 148 | Good 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| Rushcombe First School | Council | 2.4 miles | 313 | Outstanding 2022 | 95 | Compare |
| Lockyer's Middle School | Academy | 2.5 miles | 436 | Good 2022 | 84 | Compare |
| Upton Junior School | Academy | 2.6 miles | 351 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Graduately Developing Futures a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Graduately Developing Futures yet.
How many pupils does Graduately Developing Futures have?
23 pupils aged 6 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 36 places, so it is 64% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Valley View Farm, Castle Farm Road, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, BH16 6DA
- Telephone
- 0785 443 4575
- Website
- www.graduatelydevelopingfutures.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr James Gregory
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 6-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Ward
- Lytchett Matravers & Upton
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 28 June 2021 (new provision)
- URN
- 148046 · LAESTAB 8386013
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 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.