Primary
Loders CofE Primary Academy
Loders, Bridport, DT6 3SA
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 72 of 84 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salisbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 7.1
- Pupils per adult
- 9.3
- Pupils
- 66
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 November 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
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)SATs results
50%
3 points below the Bridport average (53% across 10 schools)
104.0
0.3 above the Bridport average (103.7 across 10 schools)
6th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Bridport 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 | 50% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
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 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 33% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Loders, Bridport, DT6 3SA
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 of School
- Claire Pooley
- Address
- Loders, Bridport, DT6 3SA
- Telephone
- 01308423418
Other primary schools nearby
- Bridport Primary School5.8/10
- St Catherine's Roman Catholic School2.3/10
- Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School3.6/10
- Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School5.7/10
- Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School6.6/10
- Symondsbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School7.2/10