Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Bridport, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.456 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2021 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School is a primary school in Bridport, Dorset for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 10 December 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2025 entry.
Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 2.456 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 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 2.456 miles away, the 6th shortest of 14 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 5 first-choice applications for 5 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Of its pupils, 8.1% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.7% across 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
- Church Street, Burton Bradstock, Bridport, DT6 4QS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 99 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 10 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pastoral support and pupil well-being is high on the agenda.”
- “This means pupils feel listened to and well cared for.”
To improve
- “In a small minority of subjects, however, the school’s curriculum is not always followed with the same rigour.”
- “This means some pupils do not build new knowledge based on prior learning closely enough.”
- “Consequently, they do not remember the curriculum well over time in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 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) | 64% | 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: 5 first-preference applications, 5 offers in total, 5 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 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Bridport Primary School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Loders CofE Primary Academy 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney 3.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 4.5 mi Requires improvement
- Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 5.6 mi Good Last distance published