Portesham Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Weymouth · DT3 4HP
Ages 4–11 · 46 pupils · Dorset
Ofsted
Not judged
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-05-07
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 56
Absence trend
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
4
Places offered
4
1st-preference offers
4
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 6
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 4
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- 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).
46 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 46
- Boys / girls
- 27 / 19
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 46 / 105 (44%)
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- The First Federation Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Prior
Location
- Address
- Winters Close, Portesham
- Postcode
- DT3 4HP
- Town
- Weymouth
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Urban/rural
- Smaller 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 sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Weymouth, Dorset, 46 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 17.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Salisbury.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Prior
- Telephone
- 01305871283