Marshwood CofE Primary Academy
Marshwood, Bridport, DT6 5QAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Marshwood CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Bridport for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 179 schools in Dorset. It ranks 8th of 10 primary schools in Bridport. Its latest Ofsted rating is Requires improvement, from an inspection in May 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 8 May 2024, report published 13 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 8 May 2024
Pupils are confident and happy. They are polite and considerate to one another. Pupils treat their friends and adults with respect. They listen carefully to each other when learning. Pupils know staff will help them in school. Older pupils are proud to show younger pupils how to share and take turns when they play together. The school has developed a new curriculum to help raise standards and widen pupils' horizons. Carefully planned experiences, such as the live link up to an international space station, help pupils learn about science and future career opportunities. However, the school's work to check and fill gaps in pupils' curriculum knowledge is in its infancy. Pupils appreciate the wide range of clubs on offer. Pupils learn important life skills such as how to cook healthy food. They particularly enjoy helping to care for the animals at farm club. Pupils value trips, sporting events and learning from visitors to the school. For example, pupils are enthused by the opportunity to perform with other schools at local events. Pupils' personal development, talents and interests are nurtured. Parents describe the school as a place where staff care, are kind and know their children well.
What the school should improve
- The school does not implement its new curriculum as intended. The important knowledge in some subject curriculums is not sufficiently detailed and carefully sequenced. This means pupils do not learn essential concepts. The school needs to ensure important content is well sequenced and sufficiently detailed to make sure the curriculum is implemented effectively.
- Learning activities do not always provide pupils with the opportunities to secure and deepen their subject curriculum knowledge. Pupils cannot build on prior learning and make connections between concepts taught. The school needs to ensure pupils have appropriate opportunities to review and apply their knowledge and skills to know more, do more and remember more over time.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
8 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
43 pupils on roll, with places for 70
Schools near Marshwood CofE Primary Academy
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkchurch Church of England School | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | Not published |
| Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Not published |
| Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 60% met the expected standard |
| Charmouth Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 67% met the expected standard |
| Winsham Primary School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- THE FIRST FEDERATION TRUST
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Jory-Kellaway
- Phone
- 01297678224
- Address
- Marshwood, Bridport, DT6 5QA
- Local authority
- Dorset
- URN
- 141524
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.