Radipole Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Weymouth, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.116 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Radipole Primary School is a primary school in Weymouth, Dorset for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Radipole 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 | 1.116 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 3 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.116 miles away, the 9th shortest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was about the same as in 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 68 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 54 offers went to first-choice families, and 14 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Radipole Lane, Weymouth, DT3 5HS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this welcoming and friendly community school.”
- “They have adults in the school to whom they can talk about any worries that they may have.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe.”
To improve
- “The school has recently experienced a period of instability in leadership.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, pupils do not develop a deep understanding over time.”
- “Leaders know that some refinement is required to help pupils make better connections and make greater use of the knowledge they have gained.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 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) | 60% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 54 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 Dorset.
- Southill Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bincombe Valley Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Conifers Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chickerell Primary Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Some aspects not as strong