St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

West DorsetConstituency

DT1 2DDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Dorset, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 177 pupils. St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

15%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

177

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

15%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 177
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: PLYMOUTH CAST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 January 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2010	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.