Academy converter · Dorset

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth

4–11Ages
201Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
140755URN

Hardy Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 0RH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

close to Dorset median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

53 applications for 27 places · 39th of 80 in Dorset

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

45%met the expected standard

Dorset 54% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 19 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Inspection history

19 March 2024
Graded inspection: Good
25 January 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

2.0applications per place, Reception

close to Dorset median (2.1) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

53 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.0; Dorset median median 2.1
2025 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
2024 2.0; Dorset median median 2.1
2023 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2022 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2021 2.5; Dorset median median 2.0
2020 2.3; Dorset median median 1.9
2019 3.3; Dorset median median 2.1
2018 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
2017 3.0; Dorset median median 2.0
2016 2.6; Dorset median median 2.0
2015 3.0; Dorset median median 1.9
2014 2.2; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school

This school
Dorset median

Dashed bars: as St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (URN 113837), 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	27	53	2.0	27	1.00
Sep 2025	27	59	2.2	27	1.00
Sep 2024	30	61	2.0	32	1.07
Sep 2023	28	67	2.4	28	1.00
Sep 2022	25	61	2.4	24	0.96
Sep 2021	29	73	2.5	31	1.07
Sep 2020	30	69	2.3	29	0.97
Sep 2019	26	86	3.3	26	1.00
Sep 2018	28	60	2.1	27	0.96
Sep 2017	30	89	3.0	45	1.50
Sep 2016	30	79	2.6	40	1.33
Sep 2015	30	89	3.0	37	1.23
Sep 2014 *	30	66	2.2	30	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 72% · Maths 62% → all three 45% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard45%62nd of 78 in Dorset

Dorset 54% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard55%

Dorset 73% England 78%

Higher standard14%

Dorset 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard72%

Dorset 71% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Dorset 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard62%

Dorset 68% England 77%

Higher standard14%

Dorset 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Dorset median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	45%	0%	101	102
2023/24	53%	3%	104	100
2022/23	59%	17%	107	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 Augustine's Catholic Primary School, WeymouthThis school
This school

Good2024

2.0applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery
0.8 km · Dorset

Good2024

1.9applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Conifers Primary School
0.9 km · Dorset

Good2022

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery
1.1 km · Dorset

Standards maintained2025

2.1applications per place
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School
1.1 km · Dorset

Requires improvement2024

2.6applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School
1.2 km · Dorset

2026

65%met the SATs standard
Southill Primary School
2.4 km · Dorset

Good2022

3.5applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Chickerell Primary Academy
2.6 km · Dorset

Standards maintained2024

1.5applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Primary School
2.9 km · Dorset

Good2024

1.8applications per place 43%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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140755 · 838/3670
Trust: Plymouth Cast
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 243 pupils · 201 on roll
Free school meals: 19.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (URN 113837)
Address: Hardy Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 0RH
Local authority: Dorset

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources