St George's Foundation Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Portland, Dorset·DT5 2BD
Composite score
34.6
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#12,442
National rank
#1304
In South West
#70
In Dorset
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St George's Foundation Primary School 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
443
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,657
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St George's Foundation Primary School

St George's Foundation Primary School is a primary school in Portland, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 443 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 46% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 St George's Foundation Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 59 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 24.9 pupils per teacher. St George's Foundation 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 above.

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