Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 3 June 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 21 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry136 applications · 29 places offered · 37 named it first
- 2026 4.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 5.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 5.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 4.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 5.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 5.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 5.1; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 4.2; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 4.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 4.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 5.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 4.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 4.8; Dorset median median 1.8
- This school
- Dorset median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 136 | 4.7 | 37 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 159 | 5.3 | 61 | 2.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 154 | 5.3 | 41 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 143 | 4.8 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 155 | 5.2 | 50 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 148 | 5.1 | 45 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 154 | 5.1 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 125 | 4.2 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 140 | 4.7 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 144 | 4.8 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 149 | 5.0 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 141 | 4.7 | 46 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 143 | 4.8 | 55 | 1.83 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Prince of Wales SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20254.7applications per place
- 1.4 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 1.8 km · DorsetSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place
- 1.8 km · DorsetRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 3.1 km · DorsetNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 5.8 km · DorsetGood20231.4applications per place
- 6.1 km · Dorset20261.3applications per place
- 6.7 km · Dorset20261.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 6.8 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113747 · 838/2262
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 156 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, DT1 2HH
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources