Search:
Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help
Downlands Community School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Dorset). It has about 260 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In June 2023 the school was rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by Ofsted.
Particular strengths include Attendance, Admissions and Environment. Relative weaknesses include Representation, Progress, Finances and Attainment.
The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.
Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.
Other schools nearby
Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.
Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.
Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.
Admissions: Excellent. The occupancy rate is very low.
Environment: Above average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are quite high, while crime is very low.
Attainment: Poor. Maths attainment is poor, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is below average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)
Finances: Poor. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance
Progress: Poor. Progress in maths, reading and writing are all poor. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)
Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community. Show details
Disadvantaged pupils: There is no information about the progress of disadvantaged pupils.
Further information about this school
If you are from this school and have a comment or correction then please write to us: [email protected]