Academy converter · Primary
Bridport · DT6 5LA · Dorset
Ages 4–11
- KS241%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM29.9%
- Demand1.00
2.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 142692
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School
Academy converter · Bridport · DT6 4QS
Ages 3–11 · 99 pupils · Dorset
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
44%
Overall absence
4.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-01-21
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)44%
Higher standard (RWM)11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.3%
Unauthorised1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 75
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
7
Places offered
7
1st-preference offers
7
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 17
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 7
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill94%
99 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 99
- Boys / girls
- 49 / 50
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 99 / 105 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wimborne Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Holly Varndell-Paulley
Location
- Address
- Church Street, Burton Bradstock
- Postcode
- DT6 4QS
- Town
- Bridport
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bridport, Dorset, 99 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 8.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Salisbury.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Bridport Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Bridport · DT6 3BJ · Dorset
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM22.1%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Loders CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Bridport · DT6 3SA · Dorset
Ages 2–11
- KS233%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM14.1%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
St Catherine's Roman Catholic School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Primary
Bridport · DT6 3TR · Dorset
Ages 5–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM21.0%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Holly Varndell-Paulley
- Telephone
- 01308897369