Durweston Church of England Primary School

About Durweston Church of England Primary School

Durweston Church of England Primary School sits comfortably above the Dorset local authority average for Key Stage 2 outcomes, with 63% of its pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the LA average of 56%. That seven-point gap is a meaningful one, and it places the school 26th out of 119 primary schools in the county — solidly in the top half. The school’s ranking score of 63 puts it within the top 50 nationally by this metric, though it’s worth noting that the three top-performing peers in Dorset all score above 80, so there is still ground to make up. What’s particularly striking is the unevenness beneath the headline figure: while 95% of pupils met the expected standard in both reading and maths individually, writing lagged at 63%, and no child reached the higher standard in writing or in the combined RWM measure. This suggests a school that is strong on core literacy and numeracy but may be working on stretching its most able writers.

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