Middle deemed secondary school in Dorchester, Dorset
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Coombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8SA
Ofsted
Some aspects judged not as strong as at the last graded inspection, on 22 January 2025.
This inspection did not give an overall grade. Read the report for Ofsted's findings; it cannot be compared as a single score with a historic grade.
- Current published outcome
- Report card — no overall grade
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- Not stored — this dataset keeps the latest inspection, which has no overall grade
- Days since inspection
- 618 days
- Framework era
- Current framework (no overall grade)
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
key stage 4 results 2024/25
Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.
- Evidence found
- No publishable key stage 4 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
- Source coverage
- DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
- What this means
- School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
- What this does not mean
- The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 441
- Places
- 480
- How full
- 92% full — 441 of 480 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 197 / 244
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistently absent
- 19%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 17%
- English as an additional language
- 2%
- With an EHC plan
- 6%
- On SEN support
- 21%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.
- Evidence found
- Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
Roads and getting there
Road casualties within 500m
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0
- All reported collisions
- 1
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0
England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years
England average 24.2 over five years
Public transport
- Bus stops within 500m
- 6
- Nearest station
- Not published
England average 11.9
No station within 5km
Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.
The area around the school
Among the less deprived half of England.
Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.
Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £355,000
- Typical range
- £285,000 to £435,000
- Detached
- £426,250
- Semi-detached
- £335,000
- Terraced
- £300,000
- Flat
- £149,940
postcode sector DT2 8 · 283 sales
middle half of sales
Homes around this school are dearer than most of England.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 38%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 13%
- In professional or managerial work
- 16%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 12%
- Residents in very good health
- 48%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 13.4%
England 17.8%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 72%
- Social housing
- 10%
- Privately rented
- 17%
- Detached homes
- 40%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 30%
- No car
- 9%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 19.2%
England 38.2%
England 22.5%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Dorset 022E and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Ages
- Ages 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Head of School: Tim Ennion
- Opened as this establishment
- 1 June 2012
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Ward
- Puddletown & Lower Winterborne
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- URN
- 138189
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Nearest middle deemed secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Distance | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schools | Good 2024 | 34.1 | -0.50-0.85 to -0.15 | 3.1 mi | |
| St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | — | 4.6 mi | |
| Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Report card 2026 | — | — | 5.1 mi | |
| The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademy converter | No overall grade | 49.8 | 0.300.16 to 0.43 | 5.3 mi | |
| Milton Abbey SchoolOther independent school | No overall grade | — | — | 5.9 mi | |
| Wey Valley AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 41 | -0.36-0.57 to -0.15 | 8.8 mi | |
| The Blandford SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Good 2024 | 47 | -0.33-0.54 to -0.12 | 11.2 mi |
Schools like this
The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenbury High Ormiston AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Tenbury Wells | Good 2024 | 39.9 | -0.36-0.67 to -0.05 | |
| Walton Priory Middle SchoolCommunity school | Stone | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ridgeway Secondary SchoolAcademy converter | Redditch | No overall grade | 47 | 0.430.04 to 0.82 | |
| Penkridge Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Stafford | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Fairfield High SchoolAcademy converter | Hereford | Outstanding 2023 | 50.3 | 0.490.20 to 0.78 | |
| Wensleydale SchoolCommunity school | Leyburn | Report card 2026 | 41.5 | -0.08-0.42 to 0.26 · not a win | |
| Scissett Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Huddersfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Whitelands AcademyFree schools | Bicester | Good 2023 | 46.4 | — | |
| Settle CollegeCommunity school | Settle | No overall grade | 42.1 | -0.05-0.30 to 0.21 · not a win | |
| Wigmore SchoolAcademy converter | Leominster | Good 2023 | 48.4 | -0.32-0.63 to 0.00 · not a win | |
| Icknield Community CollegeAcademy converter | Watlington | No overall grade | 51.2 | 0.240.01 to 0.47 | |
| William Brookes SchoolAcademy converter | Much Wenlock | Requires improvement 2024 | 41.4 | -0.95-1.17 to -0.73 |
Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 138189; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | Exact URN; inspection 22 January 2025 |
| Attainment | DfE performance tables | 2024/25 | Exact URN; phase-specific definitions |
| Pupil intake | DfE school census | 2024/25 | Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Roads and transport | DfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTAN | Five-year road window; access-node snapshot | Coordinate join within the stated radius |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Deprivation | English Indices of Deprivation | 2019 | LSOA containing the school |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
These sources are published for reuse under the Open Government Licence v3.0, including the Crown database-right notice that accompanies Price Paid Data. Definitions and source notes. If something here looks wrong, the school's own website is the authority on admissions and open days.