Beaminster St Mary's Academy is a primary school located in Beaminster. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2019. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average, progress in writing is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Clay Lane, Beaminster, DT8 3BY
Website: http://www.beaminsterstmarys.dsat.org.uk
Telephone: 01308862201
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Carys Barnett
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 140560

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 98
Number of Boys: 48
Number of Girls: 50

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -5.5 to 0.1
Writing
Well Below Average: -3.4 Confidence interval -6 to -0.9
Maths
Below Average: -2.6 Confidence interval -5 to -0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:45%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:100
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beaminster St Mary's Academy
Clay Lane , DT8 3BY
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beaminster School
Newtown , DT8 3EP
3out of 4 653 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Mountjoy School
Tunnel Road , DT8 3HB
3out of 4 896 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.