Dorset - moving home - advice please

[RainbowFaye2016]

Please could someone recommend a good area to move to in Dorset....Must have good schools (mainly concerned with secondary), and local amenities (swimming pool ect) or easy access to. Ideally looking for a detached 4 bedroom house with big garden for £420,000. Any advice much appreciated.

Dorchester has very good schools and the secondary school particularly so. I doubt you would get a house within your budget though. The Gryphon school in Sherborne has a good reputation and there are areas which are cheaper for housing.