Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Beaminster, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
2.951 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 19 April 2022
2015–2021 trend 🔒
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Beaminster, Dorset for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 June 2022. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2022 entry.
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 | 2.951 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 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
- In 2022 the last Reception place went to a child living 2.951 miles away, 3rd longest of the 8 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance.
- For Reception 2026, 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 of the 24 applications (33%) came from families outside Dorset.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 71% was the 2nd highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset that have results.
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
- Fairoak Way, Mosterton, Beaminster, DT8 3JQ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 132 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for in this community-minded, inclusive school.”
- “The values of ‘courage, respect, kindness and equality’ run through everything the school does.”
- “Pupils show high levels of respect toward each other and to staff.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the content that leaders want pupils to remember is too broad.”
- “This prevents pupils from making connections to what they already know.”
- “Nevertheless, in some of the wider curriculum subjects, systems to check how well pupils learn the intended curriculum are not as welldeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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) | 71% | 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: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 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.
- Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 1.8 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beaminster St Mary's Academy 2.3 mi Good
- Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Marshwood CofE Primary Academy 5.6 mi Requires improvement
- Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 6.6 mi Requires improvement
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School 7.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Loders CofE Primary Academy 7.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published