Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Bridport. 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 01/11/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 2.9%, which is 1.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Symondsbury, Bridport

School Information

Address: Symondsbury, Bridport, DT6 6HD
Website: http://www.symondsbury.dorset.sch.uk
Telephone: 01308423502
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Emma Roberts
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113815

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 01/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 112
Number of Pupils: 106
Number of Boys: 48
Number of Girls: 58

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 2.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.2% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -3.5 to 3.2
Writing
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -3.9 to 2.3
Maths
Average: -2.2 Confidence interval -5.1 to 0.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:54%
England Average:65%

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

School:23%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Symondsbury , DT6 6HD 		2out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Skilling Hill Road , DT6 5LA 		3out of 4 2,218 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Catherine's Roman Catholic School
Pymore Road , DT6 3TR 		2out of 4 2,605 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Bridport Primary School
St Andrew's Road , DT6 3BJ 		2out of 4 2,990 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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