Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 7 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry79 applications · 59 places offered · 59 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 59 | 79 | 1.3 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 58 | 72 | 1.2 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 71 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 56 | 96 | 1.7 | 68 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 54 | 73 | 1.4 | 53 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 102 | 1.7 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 98 | 1.6 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 123 | 1.4 | 99 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 115 | 2.0 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 96 | 1.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 62 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 63% · Writing 60% · Maths 68% → all three 46% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Dorset median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 46% | 4% | 103 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 12% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 5% | 106 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St George's Foundation Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 6.3 km · Dorset202665%met the SATs standard
- 6.4 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- Good20241.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · DorsetGood20242.0applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 8.2 km · DorsetRequires improvement20242.6applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 8.2 km · DorsetGood20222.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 9.2 km · DorsetGood20241.8applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 9.7 km · DorsetGood20223.5applications per place 42%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
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 127133 · 838/3701
- Capacity
- 503 pupils · 406 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2006
- Address
- Clarence Road, Portland, DT5 2BD
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources