This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 12 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 3 October 2017Graded inspection: Good · as Damers First School, URN 113665
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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 entry158 applications · 75 places offered · 68 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 2.2; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Dorset median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; 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 Damers First School (URN 113665), 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 | 75 | 158 | 2.1 | 68 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 81 | 148 | 1.8 | 63 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 89 | 168 | 1.9 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 88 | 162 | 1.8 | 84 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 89 | 162 | 1.8 | 86 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 162 | 1.8 | 76 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 85 | 185 | 2.2 | 84 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 * | 76 | 135 | 1.8 | 71 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 88 | 146 | 1.7 | 81 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 * | 90 | 173 | 1.9 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2016 * | 74 | 164 | 2.2 | 65 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 78 | 158 | 2.0 | 68 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 160 | 1.8 | 78 | 0.87 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Damers First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 1.4 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20254.7applications per place
- 1.9 km · DorsetNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 2.4 km · DorsetRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 2.6 km · DorsetSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place
- 5.5 km · Dorset20261.3applications per place
- 6.8 km · DorsetGood20231.4applications per place
- 8.0 km · Dorset20261.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 8.0 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147559 · 838/2015
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 475 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 November 2019
- Replaced
- Damers First School (URN 113665)
- Address
- Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
- Local authority
- Dorset
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