Puddletown Church of England First School

State-Funded School

puddletown-church-of-england-first-school-dorset-south-west

South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

North DorsetConstituency

DT2 8FZPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Puddletown Church of England First School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–9, located in Dorset, South West.

It currently serves 134 pupils. Puddletown Church of England First School is part of WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

99%

Black

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Pupils

134

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 9
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 134
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
8 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
2 Mar 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.