Bere Regis Primary and Preschool
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Wareham, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2022
5.079 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 19 April 2022
2016 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bere Regis Primary and Preschool is a primary school in Wareham, Dorset for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2016 to 2022 entry.
Bere Regis Primary and Preschool 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 | 5.079 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2022 the last Reception place went to a child 5.079 miles away, the 2nd longest of 8 Dorset primary schools with a published Reception 2022 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset that have results.
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
- Southbrook, Bere Regis, Wareham, BH20 7DB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 119 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “They are proud to attend the school.”
- “For example, pupils with leadership roles are eager to make a difference.”
- “They champion important issues, such as sustainability and celebrating diversity.”
To improve
- “On occasions, however, some pupils are not motivated by the work that they do.”
- “In a few subjects, however, the school is still identifying and ordering the precise knowledge that pupils should learn.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes do not build on what they already know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 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) | 45% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.
- Milborne St Andrew First School 3.4 mi School remains Good
- Dunbury Church of England Academy 3.5 mi School remains Good
- Bovington Academy 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 4.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Wool Church of England Primary School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Puddletown Church of England First School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Frome Valley CofE First School 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 6.1 mi Good