St George's Foundation Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Portland, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
1.399 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2015–2023 trend 🔒
St George's Foundation Primary School is a primary school in Portland, Dorset for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2024 entry.
St George's Foundation 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 2024 | 1.399 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2017 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2024 the last child offered a place lived 1.399 miles away, 3rd longest of 7 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance; middle figure 0.97 miles.
- That Reception 2024 distance was further than in 2023 and about the same as in 2015, with sharp swings between some years, the biggest from 2023 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 brought 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 4% 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
- Clarence Road, Portland, DT5 2BD
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 406 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending St George’s Foundation Primary School.”
- “From the moment pupils arrive at school each day, staff ensure that pupils feel like they belong.”
- “Staff greet families warmly each morning, creating a calm and orderly start to the day.”
To improve
- “Despite this, pupils do not consistently achieve as well as they should.”
- “Nevertheless, leaders rightly recognise their work needs more time to embed for some, particularly for those who are the most vulnerable.”
- “Staff rightly focus on letter and number formation; however, letter positioning is more varied.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 June 2026 (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) | 46% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.
- Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School 3.9 mi Good
- Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School 5.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Conifers Primary School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 5.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Southill Primary School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published