Academy converter · Middle deemed secondary
Dorchester · DT2 8SA · Dorset
Ages 9–13
- KS246%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM20.9%
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 141806
Puddletown Church of England First School
Academy converter · Dorchester · DT2 8FZ
Ages 4–9 · 134 pupils · Dorset
Ofsted
Not judged
Overall absence
4.9%
Admissions demand
1.10 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)10.6%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.9%
- Enrolments in measure
- 113
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
1.10 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
33
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
30
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 50
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- 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).
Capacity fill89%
134 pupils · 150 places
- Pupils on roll
- 134
- Boys / girls
- 65 / 69
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 134 / 150 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 9%
- FSM pupils
- 12
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- 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: WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Wessex Multi Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anna Seal
Location
- Address
- Dorchester Road, Puddletown
- Postcode
- DT2 8FZ
- Town
- Dorchester
- County
- Dorset
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to 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 4–9, in Dorchester, Dorset, 134 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 9%. 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.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anna Seal
- Telephone
- 01305848206