Graded inspection · Jun 2024 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 entry43 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.0; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 2.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 2.1; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 2.2; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.2; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School (URN 113757), 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 | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 53 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 73 | 2.5 | 42 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 50 | 1.9 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 44 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 24 | 53 | 2.2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 47 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 63 | 2.3 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 14 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 38 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 64% · Maths 68% → all three 52% 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 | 52% | 8% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 4% | 100 | 98 |
| 2022/23 | 66% | 3% | 106 | 104 |
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
- Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · DorsetGood20231.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Dorset20262.6applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · DorsetStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Standards maintained20242.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · DorsetGood20232.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 6.8 km · DorsetRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 9.2 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 73%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
- 142691 · 838/3006
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 194 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School (URN 113757)
- Address
- Skilling Hill Road, Bridport, DT6 5LA
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources