Dorchester Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 3–11 · Worcester Park, Sutton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Sutton · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dorchester Primary School is a primary school in Worcester Park, Sutton for ages 3–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Sutton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Dorchester Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, Reception had 42 first-choice applications for 51 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 32 Sutton primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 9 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2026, 19 of the 127 Reception applications (15%) came from families living outside Sutton, and 7 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sutton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dorchester Road, Worcester Park, KT4 8PG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sutton
- Pupils on roll
- 472 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “They are happy, safe and speak excitedly about the wide range of activities they can participate in.”
- “Staff expect all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to achieve well.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations.”
To improve
- “However, some teaching does not support pupils to understand the significance of what they learn and how this fits with what comes next in the curriculum.”
- “This is because, in some subjects, leaders have not ensured that sufficient clarity over the essential knowledge that pupils should learn is embedded.”
- “However, a small number of staff are not confident in using the chosen strategies consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 42 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sutton.
- Cheam Common Infants' Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheam Common Junior Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brookfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nonsuch Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westbourne Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published