All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Harwich, Essex·CO12 4HT
Composite score
52.9
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#6,224
National rank
#654
In East of England
#186
In Essex
Top 42%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 18 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9520240.9420250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
192
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,036
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt at a glance

Located in Harwich, Essex, All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 192 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 42% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt their first choice was offered one of its 18 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 25.3 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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 above.

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