St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Secondary · Dorset · DT2 8SA · URN 138189
Exam results
No published key stage results are held for this school yet. That is normal for new schools, very small cohorts, and settings that do not sit national tests. Standards, progress and stretch are scored from the other evidence we hold, and the missing figures are never treated as a low score.
Local authority average class size
Area benchmarkDorset · State-funded schools · 2025/26
- Secondary classes
- 22.3 pupils per class
This is the council-area average, not this school’s class size. It is not used in your scorecard ranking.
Source: DfE school census · 2025/26Published figures
- English as an additional language
- 2.3% of pupils
- Eligible for free school meals
- 20.9% of pupils
- Pupils on SEN support
- 22% of pupils
- Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
- 10.9pupils per adult
- Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
- 33% of pupils
- Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
- 11% of pupils
- Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
- 18.5pupils per teacher
- Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- 61% of pupils
- Teachers who stayed the following year (3-year average)
- 88% of teachers
Data last refreshed 2026-10-12. Source: DfE and Ofsted open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where it is
Distances are straight-line from the centre of your outward postcode, not a walking or driving route, and never a catchment or admissions prediction.
Nearby secondary schools
- Dorset Studio School3.1 miles awayOfsted Good
- St Osmund's Church of England Middle School4.6 miles awayOfsted Good
- Dorchester Middle School5.1 miles awayOfsted Requires improvement
- The Thomas Hardye School5.3 miles awayOfsted not published
- Wey Valley Academy8.8 miles awayOfsted Good
- The Purbeck School11 miles awayOfsted not published
Common questions about St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
- What is the latest Ofsted judgement?
- Ofsted rated St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown Good at its inspection on 18/09/2019.
- Where is the school and which authority runs it?
- St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown is a secondary school in Dorset, postcode DT2 8SA (URN 138189).
- How does it compare with other local schools?
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Feeder schools
Named feeder primary schools
- Cheselbourne Village School(2026/27 arrangements)Cheselbourne Village School: Ofsted Good, Review 2026 - FindMySchool
Admissions wording: \u201cIn local admissions documentation, St Mary’s CE Middle School lists Cheselbourne Village School among its feeder first schools.\u201d
Being a named feeder school is one oversubscription criterion among several in the admitting school\u2019s published arrangements, not a guaranteed place. Always check the school\u2019s current admission arrangements for the detail that applies to you.
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