Bincombe Valley Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Weymouth, Dorset
DT3 6AW
Composite score
45.0

School overview

Bincombe Valley Primary School is a primary school serving Weymouth, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 293 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Bincombe Valley Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#9,161
National rank
#927
In South West
#47
In Dorset
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

School profile

Pupils on roll 293 % FSM ever-6 49.2% % EAL 4.4% Age range 2–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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