Bincombe Valley Primary School
Culliford Way, Littlemoor, Weymouth, DT3 6AW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Gough
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- South Dorset
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 348
- Pupils on roll
- 291
- URN
- 113716
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01305832329
About this school
Bincombe Valley Primary School is a community primary school in Weymouth. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 291 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 43 | 33 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 55% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 76% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 61% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 52% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Bincombe Valley 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 | 44% | 53.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 53.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 54.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 313 |
| 2023/24 | 290 |
| 2024/25 | 293 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bincombe Valley Primary School compares
Bincombe Valley Primary School ranked 50th of 89 primary schools in Dorset for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 6.9% | 49.2% | 291 | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | 56% | 7% | 25.6% | 225 | 0.5 miles |
| St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.1% | 17.8% | 213 | 0.9 miles |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | 43% | 8% | 26.1% | 224 | 1.3 miles |
| Radipole Primary School | 60% | 5.4% | 13.6% | 437 | 1.3 miles |
| Southill Primary School | 42% | 5.1% | 11.4% | 212 | 1.7 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.2%
- English as an additional language
- 4.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.89%
- Persistent absence
- 20.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Weymouth
-
St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Weymouth
-
St John's Church of England Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Weymouth
-
Radipole Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Weymouth
-
Southill Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Weymouth
Other schools in Weymouth
Bincombe Valley Primary School ranks 8th of the 13 ranked primary schools in Weymouth.
- Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School Primary
- Chickerell Primary Academy Primary
- Conifers Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery Primary
- Portesham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Radipole Primary School Primary
- Southill Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth Primary
- St John's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bincombe Valley Primary School teach?
- Bincombe Valley Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Weymouth.
- Who is the headteacher of Bincombe Valley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bincombe Valley Primary School is Mr Adam Gough, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bincombe Valley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bincombe Valley Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bincombe Valley Primary School?
- Bincombe Valley Primary School has 291 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Bincombe Valley Primary School full?
- Bincombe Valley Primary School has capacity for 348 pupils and 291 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bincombe Valley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bincombe Valley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bincombe Valley Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bincombe Valley Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Bincombe Valley Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Bincombe Valley Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bincombe Valley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bincombe Valley Primary School rank locally?
- Bincombe Valley Primary School ranked 50th of 89 primary schools in Dorset for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 27% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bincombe Valley Primary School's absence rate?
- Bincombe Valley Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bincombe Valley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bincombe Valley 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 2 July 2026.