Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Bridport, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.039 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2015–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school in Bridport, Dorset for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2025 entry.
Symondsbury 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 2025 | 1.039 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 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 child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.039 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 14 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2023 and nearer than in 2015, and the 2025 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move between 2015 and 2017.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Symondsbury, Bridport, DT6 6HD
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 107 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “Starting the day with energetic dancing, pupils are eager to come to school.”
- “The school encourages pupils to change the world through small actions.”
- “Pupils embrace this and independently act, such as planning charity events or caring for the environment.”
To improve
- “However, opportunties to rehearse their writing more widely across the curriculum and practise their skills are less developed.”
- “As a result, pupils do not progress in their writing skills as effectively as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2025 (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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bridport Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Loders CofE Primary Academy 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School 3.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.7 mi Requires improvement
- Charmouth Primary School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published