Puddletown Church of England First School

Academy converter·First school Dorchester, Dorset·DT2 8FZ

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Puddletown Church of England First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

29 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 29 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 Puddletown Church of England First 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 135
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

20.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.9%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

10.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,919

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown Dorchester · 0.2 mi 52.5 St Osmund's Church of England Middle School Dorchester · 4.7 mi 51.7 Dorchester Middle School Dorchester · 5.1 mi 37.7 Bovington Academy Wareham · 5.7 mi 54.3 Dunbury Church of England Academy Winterborne Whitechurch · 6.2 mi 39.8 St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Wareham · 7.2 mi 29.9 Wool Church of England Primary School Wareham · 7.5 mi 29.9 Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School Dorchester · 7.8 mi 53.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Puddletown Church of England First School

Puddletown Church of England First School is a primary school in Dorchester, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 135 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school.

Puddletown Church of England First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 29 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Puddletown Church of England First 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.