# Dorchester Primary School

Dorchester Primary School is a primary school in Sutton, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 472 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E102982. [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Foundation school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 472
- Council: Sutton
- URN: 102982

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 8 February 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Dorchester Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 72% in Sutton and 62% in England.
15% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Sutton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 72% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 20% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 108 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Cheam Common Infants' Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheam-common-infants-academy-e145481): 680 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Cheam Common Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheam-common-junior-academy-e142398): 690 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-cecilias-catholic-primary-school-e151891): 740 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023, before the school changed
- [Green Lane Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lane-primary-and-nursery-school-e146127): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Brookways School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookways-school-e144774): 830 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Brookfield Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brookfield-primary-academy-e143628): 1.1 km. Primary. Improved significantly, October 2024. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/102982)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/102982)

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