Bovington AcademyWool Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Wareham.

Summary of the comparison

Bovington Academy and Wool Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Wareham.

  • Bovington Academy scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Wool Church of England Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Bovington Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Bovington Academy was judged Good and Wool Church of England Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 71.0% for Bovington Academy and 46.0% for Wool Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Bovington Academy (57.0% in 2022-23, 71.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Wool Church of England Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 46.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Bovington Academy versus Wool Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WarehamBovington AcademyWarehamWool Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking13th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure38th of 116 in Dorset
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll179 92
Capacity210 141
LocationWareham, BH20 6LE Wareham, BH20 6BT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard71.0% Stronger figure46.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 Stronger figure99.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census179 92
Free school meals (ever 6)19.0% 23.9%
English as an additional language2.8% 1.1%
SEN support20.1% 13.0%
SEN with an EHC plan4.5% 6.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.3% 3.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence7.8% 6.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Bovington Academy

Wool Church of England Primary School

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