Damers First SchoolManor Park Church of England First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Damers First School and Manor Park Church of England First School are primary schools in Dorchester.

Damers First School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Manor Park Church of England First School scores 68 out of 100 (grade C, average). Damers First School is ahead on our composite score.
Damers First School was judged Good and Manor Park Church of England First School was judged the expected standard.

Damers First School versus Manor Park Church of England First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	DorchesterDamers First School	DorchesterManor Park Church of England First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B72/100Stronger figure	C68/100
Local ranking	90th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure	102nd of 116 in Dorset
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Expected
School type	Academy converter	Academy sponsor led
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	4-9	2-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	477	422
Capacity	600	450
Location	Dorchester, DT1 3DF	Dorchester, DT1 2BH
Pupils
Pupils in the census	477	422
Free school meals (ever 6)	18.9%	17.3%
English as an additional language	14.0%	18.5%
SEN support	17.4%	18.7%
SEN with an EHC plan	5.7%	3.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	4.3% Stronger figure	5.5%	6.2%
Persistent absence	8.6% Stronger figure	14.0%	15.8%

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.

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.