Primary
St George's Foundation Primary School
Clarence Road, Portland, DT5 2BD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 406 of 503 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
- Local authority
- Dorset
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 32.6
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 422
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
October 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
46%
10 points below the Dorset average (56% across 78 schools)
103.0
1.7 below the Dorset average (104.7 across 78 schools)
67th of 79 by our score, among the primary schools in Dorset we can score - 119 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 46% |
| Working at a higher standard | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 56% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Clarence Road, Portland, DT5 2BD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Dorset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Michael Coombs
- Address
- Clarence Road, Portland, DT5 2BD
- Telephone
- 01305820520
Other primary schools nearby
- Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School6.2/10
- Wyke Regis Infant School and NurseryNot enough data
- Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery6.5/10
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth5.1/10
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School4.5/10
- Conifers Primary School6.4/10