Swanage Primary School
Primary · Swanage · BH19 2EY
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 13 November 2019
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222 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 5.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 8.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.5% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150246
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place24 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School
- The Swanage School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage
- St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers
- Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School
- Lilliput Church of England Infant School
- Hamworthy Park Junior School
- Old Town Infant School and Nursery