Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 21 September 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Durweston CofE VA Primary School, URN 113798
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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 entry34 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.4; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2021 2.9; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; Dorset median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; 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 2.3; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Durweston CofE VA Primary School (URN 113798), 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 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 * | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 18 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 19 | 34 | 1.8 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 37 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 * | 16 | 35 | 2.2 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 * | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 26 | 1.30 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 100% · Writing 80% · Maths 100% → all three 80% 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 | 80% | 0% | 108 | 111 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 0% | 108 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 78% | 0% | 108 | 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
- Durweston Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · DorsetGood20223.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · DorsetGood20232.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · DorsetRequires significant improvement 20261.7applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · DorsetNot yet inspected2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · Dorset20261.1applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 77%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
- 149456 · 838/3319
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 144 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2022
- Replaced
- Durweston CofE VA Primary School (URN 113798)
- Address
- Durweston, Blandford Forum, DT11 0QA
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources