Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

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Skilling Hill Road, Bridport, DT6 5LA

Headteacher: Mrs Katharine AnsteySchool website ↗Pupils: 196 (capacity: 210)Part of INITIO LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected June 2024
Oversubscribed
90% of first-choice applicants offered a place
52%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected June 2024
90%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 25 June 2024Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, 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.
52.0%
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%.
8.0%
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 72%·Writing 64%·Maths 68%All three 52%
Reading
Expected72%
Exceeding16%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected64%
Exceeding16%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected68%
Exceeding16%
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?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
31
How many got their first choice?
28of 31 (90.3%)
How many applied in total?
51

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
36.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
8.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN 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).
40.0%
Boys and girls
45%girls·55%boys
89 girls, 107 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Peaked at 66% (2022/23), currently 52%

* 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
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1620.0%0.0%+1.4+1.6-4.7
2016/1754.0%0.0%+0.5+3.1+1.5
2017/1865.0%4.0%+1.7+1.5+0.3
2018/1938.0%4.0%+3.9+3.5-0.8
2022/2366.0%3.0%+0.3-1.7-1.0
2023/2441.0%4.0%---
2024/2552.0%8.0%---