Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School is a primary school located in Swanage. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 23/05/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are well above average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: High Street, Swanage, BH19 2PH
Website: https://www.stmarksswanage.dorset.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01929422949
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Sally Craig
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 142165

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 153
Number of Boys: 82
Number of Girls: 71

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 4.4 Confidence interval 1.8 to 7
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.6 Confidence interval 0.3 to 5
Maths
N/A: 2.2 Confidence interval 0 to 4.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:96%
England Average:65%

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

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:109
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:107
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School
High Street , BH19 2PH
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers
High Street , Langton Matravers BH19 3HB
3out of 4 1,483 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Swanage Primary School
Swanage Primary School, Mount Scar , Mount Scar BH19 2EY
4out of 4 1,808 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage
Northbrook Road , BH19 1QE
2out of 4 1,931 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Swanage School
High Street , BH19 2PH
3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Purbeck View School
Northbrook Road , BH19 1PR
- not rated 1,726 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.