Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Beaminster, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
2.229 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 19 April 2022
2015–2021 trend 🔒
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Beaminster, Dorset for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 14 November 2023. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2022 entry.
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 2022 | 2.229 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2015 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last distance offered for Reception 2022 was 2.229 miles, nearer than in 2021, and the 2022 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Reception distances swung sharply, most of all from 2017 to 2020; every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 6 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 9 first-choice applications for 9 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Drimpton Road, Broadwindsor, Beaminster, DT8 3QL
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 93 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 14 November 2023
Strengths
- “Most pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “The school prioritises pupils’ mental well-being effectively.”
- “Pupils pay close attention during assembly and value the sense of unity as ‘one big school family’.”
To improve
- “Elsewhere, while many pupils learn the basic knowledge year on year with a degree of proficiency, some pupils underachieve because teaching is not ambitious enough for what pupils could learn.”
- “While most pupils pay attention in class, some struggle to concentrate when the expectations of them are not high enough.”
- “This slows some pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2024 (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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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.
- Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beaminster St Mary's Academy 2.4 mi Good
- Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Marshwood CofE Primary Academy 3.9 mi Requires improvement
- Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 5.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School 5.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridport Primary School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published