Graded inspection · May 2023 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry29 applications · 15 places offered · 14 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 0.8; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.3; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Beaminster (URN 113794), the previous school.
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 | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 30 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 17 | 22 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 16 | 22 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 18 | 23 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 18 | 15 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2014 * | 18 | 24 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.78 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 83% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 0% | 104 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 6% | 100 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 47% | 0% | 106 | 102 |
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
- Beaminster St Mary's AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 20261.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- Requires improvement20232.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · DorsetGood20232.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.9 km · DorsetRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · DorsetStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · Dorset20262.6applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · Somerset20261.5applications per place
- 8.0 km · SomersetNot yet inspected2.4applications per place 64%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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140560 · 838/2006
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 140 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Beaminster (URN 113794)
- Address
- Clay Lane, Beaminster, DT8 3BY
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources