St George's Foundation Primary School, Portland

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades St George's Foundation Primary School on 7 areas: 6 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' attendance appropriately and check patterns and trends closely."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that there is an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum that meets the needs of pupils."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a secure start in the Reception Year."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders use additional funding to address the barriers that disadvantaged pupils face effectively."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school has been through a recent period of turbulence."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured there is a well-organised personal development programme that meets the needs of all pupils."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes for pupils in reading, writing and mathematics by the end of key stage 2 were below national expectations in 2025."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that their new approach to developing pupils' writing skills is implemented consistently well, so that pupils' writing fluency improves the quality of their work across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that staff provide pupils with learning activities that consistently match their needs so that pupils achieve as highly as possible across all subjects".

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at St George's Foundation Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 68% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 71% in Dorset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put St George's Foundation Primary School as their first choice and 79 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St George's Foundation Primary School are Wyke Regis Church of England Junior School (3.9 miles, Good, 73% reading, 74% maths); Wyke Regis Infant School and Nursery (4 miles, Good); Holy Trinity Church of England VC Primary School & Community Nursery (4.2 miles, Good, 83% reading, 87% maths); and St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Weymouth (4.5 miles, Good, 55% reading, 62% maths).

St George's Foundation Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

39 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St George's Foundation Primary School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

2.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St George's Foundation Primary School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Georges Corner (w-bound), 330 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 50 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Dorset (25), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St George's Foundation Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.