Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 7 July 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 11 May 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry56 applications · 21 places offered · 21 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 2.5; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 3.0; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Wareham St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 113768), 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 | 21 | 56 | 2.7 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 53 | 2.4 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 23 | 53 | 2.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 41 | 2.0 | 19 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 22 | 45 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 57 | 2.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 47 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 57 | 2.2 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 23 | 53 | 2.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 63% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 50% 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 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 11% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 39% | 7% | 104 | 101 |
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
- Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- Good20222.1applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · DorsetGood20232.5applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · DorsetGood20231.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 7.6 km · DorsetRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole20261.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · DorsetGood202347%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
- 142167 · 838/3032
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 216 pupils · 165 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2015
- Replaced
- Wareham St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 113768)
- Address
- Streche Road, Wareham, BH20 4PG
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources