Academy converter · Dorset

St John's Church of England Primary School

2–11Ages
224Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
144550URN

Coombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TP · 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

1.8per place

0.3 below Dorset median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

49 applications for 28 places · 48th of 80 in Dorset

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

43%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	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

19 March 2024
Graded inspection: Good
23 January 2020
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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Dorset median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

49 applications · 28 places offered · 28 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.8; Dorset median median 2.1
2025 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
2024 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1
2023 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
2022 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
2021 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
2020 3.2; Dorset median median 1.9
2019 2.9; Dorset median median 2.1
2018 3.2; Dorset median median 2.0
2017 2.6; Dorset median median 2.0
2016 3.6; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 3.2; 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 St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided School, Weymouth (URN 113836), 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	28	49	1.8	28	1.00
Sep 2025	29	55	1.9	35	1.21
Sep 2024	28	60	2.1	33	1.18
Sep 2023	23	43	1.9	22	0.96
Sep 2022	29	63	2.2	27	0.93
Sep 2021	29	66	2.3	38	1.31
Sep 2020	30	95	3.2	33	1.10
Sep 2019	29	85	2.9	37	1.28
Sep 2018	30	95	3.2	42	1.40
Sep 2017	30	77	2.6	38	1.27
Sep 2016 *	30	109	3.6	42	1.40
Sep 2015 *	30	95	3.2	42	1.40
Sep 2014 *	59	105	1.8	50	0.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 63% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%67th of 78 in Dorset

Dorset 54% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard67%

Dorset 73% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Dorset 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard67%

Dorset 71% England 75%

Greater depth7%

Dorset 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard63%

Dorset 68% England 77%

Higher standard13%

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	43%	7%	104	102
2023/24	30%	3%	103	99
2022/23	47%	7%	102	99

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 John's Church of England Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Radipole Primary School
1.6 km · Dorset

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Southill Primary School
1.8 km · Dorset

Good2022

3.5applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School
1.8 km · Dorset

Requires improvement2024

2.6applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Bincombe Valley Primary School
2.1 km · Dorset

2026

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
2.4 km · Dorset

Some aspects not as strong2025

1.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School
2.4 km · Dorset

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Conifers Primary School
2.6 km · Dorset

Good2022

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth
2.9 km · Dorset

Good2024

2.0applications per place 45%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
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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: 144550 · 838/3655
Trust: Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 300 pupils · 224 on roll
Free school meals: 26.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2017
Replaced: St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided School, Weymouth (URN 113836)
Address: Coombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TP
Local authority: Dorset

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