Damers First School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Dorset
Liscombe Street, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.7%
8.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
475
Capacity used
Has space79%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
63 of 63 families who put it first got an offer
81
Places offered
148
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 63 | 63 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 57 | 14 | ● 25% |
| 3rd preference | 28 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Total | 148 | 78 | 53% |
1st preference success by year
Dorset lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Louise Greenham
- Address
- Liscombe Street, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3DF
- Phone
- 01305264924
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Ward / constituency
- Dorchester Poundbury · West Dorset
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 147559
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
475 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
12 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 407 pupils
Attendance
95.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
8.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Dorset council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.