St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Weymouth, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.156 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2015–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Weymouth, Dorset for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2025 entry.
St John's Church of England 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 | 1.156 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| 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 |
And 2 earlier figures.
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 1.156 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 14 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between years; the 2025 figure was further than in 2024 and the longest of the 9 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest 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
- Coombe Avenue, Weymouth, DT4 7TP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 224 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “They describe the school as a welcoming and friendly place.”
- “The school has developed a nurturing and inclusive environment.”
- “Relationships are strong between adults and pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not make links between their current and previous learning.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not build their knowledge as well.”
- “The school recognises that the curriculum needs further embedding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 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) | 43% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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.
- Radipole Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Bincombe Valley Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Some aspects not as strong
- St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Conifers Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth 1.8 mi Good Last distance published