Swanage Primary School
Swanage Primary School, Mount Scar, Mount Scar, Swanage, BH19 2EY
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Swanage Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Martin Godfrey
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- URN
- 113677
- Local authority
- Dorset
About this school
Swanage Primary School was a community primary school in Swanage. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 199 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Swanage Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Swanage Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dorset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 53.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 53.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 54.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Swanage Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | 16.6% | 199 | — |
| Swanage Primary School | 47% | 6.7% | 18.3% | 222 | 0.0 miles |
| Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School | 43% | 7.4% | 40.8% | 89 | 1.0 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage | 65% | 6.1% | 19.4% | 175 | 1.1 miles |
| St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers | 67% | 4.3% | 14.9% | 85 | 1.8 miles |
| Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School | 57% | 6.3% | 12.9% | 87 | 4.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.6%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 18.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Swanage Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Swanage
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Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Swanage
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage1.1 miles
Primary · Swanage
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St George's Church of England Primary School, Langton Matravers1.8 miles
Primary · Swanage
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Corfe Castle Church of England Primary School4.5 miles
Primary · Wareham
Other schools in Swanage
Common questions
- What year groups does Swanage Primary School teach?
- Swanage Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Swanage.
- Has Swanage Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Swanage Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Swanage Primary School?
- Swanage Primary School had 199 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Swanage Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Swanage Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Swanage Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.