St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterDamers First School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester and Damers First School are primary schools in Dorchester.

St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester scores 69 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Damers First School scores 72 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Damers First School is ahead on our composite score.
St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester was judged Good and Damers First School was judged Good.

St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester versus Damers First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	DorchesterSt Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester	DorchesterDamers First School	England average
Overview
Our score	C69/100	B72/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	99th of 116 in Dorset	90th of 116 in Dorset Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Academy converter	Academy converter
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	2-9	4-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	174	477
Capacity	183	600
Location	Dorchester, DT1 2DD	Dorchester, DT1 3DF
Pupils
Pupils in the census	174	477
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.3%	18.9%
English as an additional language	16.1%	14.0%
SEN support	9.8%	17.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.7%	5.7%
Attendance
Overall absence	5.4%	4.3% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	10.6%	8.6% Stronger figure	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.