St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, WeymouthBeechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth and Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School are primary schools in Weymouth.

  • St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth was judged Good and Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School was judged Requires improvement.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 45.0% for St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth and 61.0% for Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (59.0% in 2022-23, 45.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School (47.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth versus Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WeymouthSt Augustine's Catholic Primary School, WeymouthWeymouthBeechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC61/100Stronger figureD46/100
Local ranking16th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure52nd of 116 in Dorset
InspectionOfsted: GoodStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll205 202
Capacity243 218
LocationWeymouth, DT4 0RH Weymouth, DT4 0LQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard45.0% 61.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 10.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census205 202
Free school meals (ever 6)18.1% 49.2%
English as an additional language12.2% 20.3%
SEN support15.6% 20.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.5% 11.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.5% Stronger figure9.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence11.1% Stronger figure25.9% 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.

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.

St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth

Beechcroft St Paul's CofE Primary School

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