Damers First School

Academy converter·First school Dorchester, Dorset·DT1 3DF

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Damers 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%

68 first choices, 75 places

First choices per place

0.91

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

158

any preference, for 75 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9720220.9520230.9320240.7820250.912026

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

Every child who put Damers 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).

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 477
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

14.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

17.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

5.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

9.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

23.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,895

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Dorchester Middle School Dorchester · 0.8 mi 37.7 St Osmund's Church of England Middle School Dorchester · 1.4 mi 51.7 Bincombe Valley Primary School Weymouth · 4.8 mi 45.0 St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School Weymouth · 4.9 mi 55.2 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Weymouth · 5.0 mi 39.9 St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown Dorchester · 5.4 mi 52.5 Portesham Church of England Primary School Weymouth · 5.4 mi 39.9 Radipole Primary School Weymouth · 5.8 mi 46.0

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

School overview

Damers First School is a primary school serving Dorchester, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 477 pupils aged 4 to 9 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Damers First School their first choice was offered one of its 75 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 23.2 pupils per teacher. Damers 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.