Primary
Beaminster St Mary's Academy
Clay Lane, Beaminster, DT8 3BY
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 140 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF SALISBURY ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 10.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 113
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 May 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
75%
104.0
2nd of 3 by our score, among the primary schools in Beaminster we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 100 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 75% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 75% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Clay Lane, Beaminster, DT8 3BY
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
- Headteacher
- Darren Marklew
- Address
- Clay Lane, Beaminster, DT8 3BY
- Telephone
- 01308862201
Other primary schools nearby
- Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School6.8/10
- Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.1/10
- Salway Ash Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School6.2/10
- Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3.6/10
- Loders CofE Primary Academy5.6/10
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School2.3/10