Southill Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Weymouth, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.560 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southill Primary School is a primary school in Weymouth, Dorset for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Southill 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 | 1.560 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 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 2 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.560 miles away, the 15th shortest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2015, and it swung sharply between some of the 10 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Reading, writing and maths: 42% met the expected standard in 2024/25 (England 62%), the lowest 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
- Sycamore Road, Southill, Weymouth, DT4 9UF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 212 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils live up to the school’s aims of being ‘happy, confident and prepared’ at Southill.”
- “Leaders’ focus on positive relationships means that pupils experience good role modelling and pastoral care.”
- “This builds trust between staff and pupils.”
To improve
- “In some other subjects, leadership is not yet as developed.”
- “This means leaders do not have as accurate a picture of how these subjects are being implemented in the classroom.”
- “However, at times, some pupils with SEND are over-reliant on adult support because teachers do not use these plans as effectively as they could to scaffold learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (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) | 42% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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.
- Radipole Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Conifers Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Chickerell Primary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bincombe Valley Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published