St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–9 · Dorchester, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.878 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster is a primary school in Dorchester, Dorset for ages 4–9 (academy converter). Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster 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 2026 | 1.878 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.878 miles away, the 15th longest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026, Reception had 33 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- 9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 13.3% 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
- West Hill, Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9RD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 33 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Damers First School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Prince of Wales School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Park Church of England First School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Piddle Valley Church of England First School 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadmayne First School and Nursery 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Puddletown Church of England First School 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published