Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Weymouth, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
1.468 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 19 April 2022
2015–2021 trend 🔒
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Weymouth, Dorset for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2022 entry.
Beechcroft St Paul's CofE 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 | 1.468 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 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
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (20 February 2024), while each of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset has a Good outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 12 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer and the 10th lowest of 116 Dorset primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Among pupils, 48.1% are eligible for free school meals and there are 16.3 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 25% and 19.8 across the 8 nearest Dorset primary schools.
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
- Corporation Road, Weymouth, DT4 0LQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school is determined for all pupils to succeed.”
- “Since the previous inspection, changes have been made to help pupils to be more successful.”
- “The school has prioritised the development of the curriculum to promote high expectations for all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, it is still early days.”
- “The curriculum does not yet support pupils to build their knowledge well enough across all subjects.”
- “While there are early signs of pupils progressing more successfully through the curriculum, some of the curriculum improvements are not yet fully embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 61% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 12 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.
- Conifers Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Southill Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Radipole Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School 1.4 mi Good