Damers First School
Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
Local ranking83rd of 113 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
600
Capacity
4-9
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 477
- Boys
- 235 (49%)
- Girls
- 242 (51%)
- Capacity
- 600 (80% full)
- SEND
- 23.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 14.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.7%
- SEN Support
- 17.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,895/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.0%
- Asian Indian: 7.0%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.8%
78.0%
White British
7.0%
Asian Indian
4.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 147559
- UKPRN
- 10084726
- Establishment No.
- 2015
- Trust
- WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST