Primary
Damers First School
Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 9
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 475 of 600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
- Local authority
- Dorset
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 46.8
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 494
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 February 2025
Standards maintained
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)Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
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
- Louise Greenham
- Address
- Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
- Telephone
- 01305264924
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- The Prince of Wales SchoolNot enough data
- St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterNot enough data
- St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterNot enough data
- Manor Park Church of England First SchoolNot enough data
- Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolNot enough data
- Broadmayne First SchoolNot enough data