St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster
Primary · Dorset · DT2 9RD · URN 151330
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
- Primary classes
- 25.4 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
- 3.4% of pupils
- Eligible for free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils
- Pupils on SEN support
- 15.5% of pupils
- Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
- 10.5pupils per adult
- Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
- 19.5pupils per teacher
Data last refreshed 2026-10-11. 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 primary schools
- The Prince of Wales School2.0 miles awayOfsted Good
- St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester2.1 miles awayOfsted Good
- Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School5.4 miles awayOfsted Good
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School6.1 miles awayOfsted Good
- Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School7.9 miles awayOfsted Good
- Chickerell Primary Academy7.9 miles awayOfsted not published
Common questions about St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster
- What is the latest Ofsted judgement?
- No Ofsted grade is published for St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster in the current data release.
- Where is the school and which authority runs it?
- St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster is a primary school in Dorset, postcode DT2 9RD (URN 151330).
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Feeder schools
Named as a feeder for
- St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolInformal link, no admissions priority(2026/27 arrangements)Year 4 – 5 Transfer - St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Admissions wording: \u201cI am based at St Osmund’s CE Middle School and work alongside not only our three designated feeder schools, St Mary’s CE First School Charminster, St Mary’s Catholic First School in Dorchester and Manor Park CE First School, but also any of the first schools across Dorset which will have pupils coming to us in Year 5.\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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