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Lulworth and Winfrith CofE Primary School

Primary · Wareham · BH20 5SA

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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 28 January 2025

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At a glance

95 pupils · 68% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
20% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.lulworthwinfrith.dorset.sch.uk/
URN
150430

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 3 families named it first for 3 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its inspection on 28 January 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 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary SchoolWatlington · 92 miles awayGood40%
Elveden Church of England Primary AcademyThetford · 174 miles awayOutstanding57%
Coaley Church of England Primary AcademyDursley · 75 miles awayStrong standard100%
Stallingborough CofE Primary SchoolGrimsby · 223 miles awayGood55%
Topcliffe CofE AcademyThirsk · 248 miles awayOutstanding53%
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolDorchester · 18 miles awayExpected standard71%
Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary SchoolSalisbury · 34 miles awayNeeds attention33%
Kingswood Primary SchoolMaidstone · 132 miles awayGood58%
Little Houghton Church of England PrimaryNorthampton · 126 miles awayGood56%
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary SchoolCambridge · 157 miles awayGood94%
Enstone Primary SchoolChipping Norton · 95 miles awayGood78%
Kingswood Primary SchoolKingswood · 69 miles awayGood40%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Dorset 88%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Dorset 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Dorset 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Dorset 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Dorset 3%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Dorset 1%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Dorset 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Dorset 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Dorset 1%, England 1%)

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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.3%
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

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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
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

46% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 48% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

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, 7.1 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 £50,308; 28.6% 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£7,250
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£142,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.6%62.3%
Social housing9.3%17.1%
Privately rented37%20.5%
Detached houses42.1%22.9%
Flats5.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020489 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£350,000–£590,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£475,000
Semi-detached (9)£460,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a 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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