Secondary
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Coombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 441 of 480 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Some aspects not as strong
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2019
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 61% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
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 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 61% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Coombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SA
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 31 October, 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 of School
- Tim Ennion
- Address
- Coombe Road, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 8SA
- Telephone
- 01305848293