Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Symondsbury, Bridport, DT6 6HD
Ofsted inspected
Inspected May 2025
Oversubscribed
64% of first-choice applicants offered a place
67%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected May 2025
64%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 7 May 2025Full report ↗
Not rated
From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.
Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Good
SATs Results (2024/25)
End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.
Reading, Writing & Maths combinedⓘReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
67.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)ⓘHigher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
17.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 83%·Writing 67%·Maths 75%→All three 67%
Reading
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average
How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)
This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
- How many places were offered?
- 15
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 22
- How many got their first choice?
- 14of 22 (63.6%)
- How many applied in total?
- 43
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
17.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
25.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
51 girls, 54 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↑ Peaked at 67% (2016/17), currently 67%
* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.
Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.
View raw year-by-year data
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 31.0% | 0.0% | -0.5 | -7.6 | +1.7 |
| 2016/17 | 67.0% | 8.0% | -0.9 | -6.4 | +2.4 |
| 2017/18 | 67.0% | 6.0% | -1.1 | -0.7 | -1.0 |
| 2018/19 | 54.0% | 23.0% | -0.2 | -0.8 | -2.2 |
| 2022/23 | 67.0% | 13.0% | +3.2 | +0.3 | -0.6 |
| 2023/24 | 38.0% | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 67.0% | 17.0% | - | - | - |