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St George's Church of England School, Bourton

Primary · Gillingham · SP8 5BN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 20 May 2025

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At a glance

142 pupils · 119% of 119 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.bourton.dorset.sch.uk/
URN
150313

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3.631 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its inspection on 20 May 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3.631 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3.631 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
Dorset average56.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Little Leigh Primary SchoolNorthwich · 153 miles awayGood67%
Silchester Church of England Primary SchoolReading · 57 miles awayGood70%
Condover CofE Primary SchoolShrewsbury · 111 miles awayExpected standard75%
Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 72 miles awayGood58%
Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary SchoolNewton Ferrers Plymouth · 91 miles awayGood82%
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSaffron Walden · 132 miles awayGood54%
Hope Brook CofE Primary SchoolLonghope · 55 miles awayGood67%
Marshfield Church of England Primary SchoolChippenham · 27 miles awayGood93%
Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolBolton · 177 miles awayGood79%
Rodborough Community Primary SchoolStroud · 47 miles awayGood71%
Slaithwaite Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolHuddersfield · 177 miles awayGood68%
Wistow Parochial Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSelby · 196 miles awayGood85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 100% (Dorset 88%, England 60%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Dorset: 2.92 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,977; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,311
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £97,000; in-year balance -£17,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher34.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.3%62.3%
Social housing9.3%17.1%
Privately rented10.4%20.5%
Detached houses61.3%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms41.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020440 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£345,00034 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£266,000–£449,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (13)£460,000
Semi-detached (7)£350,000
Terraced (13)£270,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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