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Yewstock School

Honeymead Lane, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1EW

Community special school for ages 2–19 in Sturminster Newton. Mixed intake.

Yewstock School is a community special school in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, for boys and girls aged 2 to 19. It has nursery classes, a sixth form and special classes, with SEN provision spanning autism, communication needs, sensory and physical impairments, and moderate, severe and profound learning difficulties. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last full inspection in 2013, a notably older rating.

The school describes itself as a day community school for children with profound and multiple, severe, moderate or complex learning difficulties. It says it works across school and college locations, has Post-16 provision and community classroom access, and opened in purpose-built accommodation in 1977.

Ages 2–19 · All-through
170 pupils · On roll
Community special school · Mixed
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