Budmouth College is a foundation, comprehensive, DfES designated Technology College for boys and girls situated in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It consists of a Secondary School and is the only school in Weymouth & Portland to also have a Sixth Form. Also on site is the privately owned Budmouth Community sports centre. It teaches 1,500+ students in the 11–18 age range, school years 7 to 14. It teaches GCSEs, As Levels, A Levels and a range of certificate qualifications. It's results are better than average for GCSEs. It is one of the few schools in Dorset to have a Combined Cadet Force which is open to all students in year 9 or above. The school is named after Thomas Hardy's semi-fictional land of Wessex. Budmouth is located in Chickerell, a suburb of Weymouth and overlooks the Jurassic Coast. The school has many facilities at the disposal of its students, including: Its campus overlooks the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The campus is being redeveloped, for occupancy in 2011. The procedure will be in two parts: the first half of the new building will be assembled and the students and teachers moved in. Next the first half of the old school will be knocked down.