How many pupils attend Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School?

Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School has 99 pupils on roll.

Does Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School have a religious character?

Yes — Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

What is the largest ethnic background at Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 96% of pupils at Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School

How far did offers reach?

2.456miles

was the furthest place offered for 2025-26 (Reception). The council's figures don't show whether anyone was refused, so it may not have been a cut-off.

Last distance offered at Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School, year by year →

How places are decided at Burton Bradstock Church of England Voluntary Controlled School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children looked after / previously looked after — Children who are looked after by the local authority, i.e. children with either a care order (full or interim) or who are accommodated under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order.
2Child Protection/Child in Need for safety reasons — Where a Child Protection Order or Child in Need document identifies that there is a need for the child to be educated in a school closest to home or in an identified particular school/setting for their own safety.
3Vulnerable children with physical, medical or social need — Vulnerable children with a physical, medical or social need... Social Need means where the child is of confirmed refugee status... Registered Young Carer... Written evidence... must be submitted... on or before 15 January 2027 for the primary schools.
4Catchment sibling — Children living within the school’s catchment area who will have a sibling*(s) attending the school at the time of admission.
5Out-of-catchment sibling — Children living outside the school’s catchment area who will have a sibling(s) attending the school at the time of admission.
6Catchment area — Children living within the school’s catchment area.
7Feeder school out of catchment — Children living outside the school’s catchment area and who were attending one of the preferred school’s recognised maintained feeder* schools or on-site Foundation Unit during the previous year.
8Children of staff — Children of staff with at least two years continuous service at the school or who have been recruited to a vacancy to meet a demonstrable skills shortage as at the date of application (in year) or relevant closing date under the LA co-ordinated scheme (normal year of entry) and who still intend to be employed at the school at the time of the child's admission.
9Faith - practising Christian out of catchment — Burton Bradstock CE Primary School and St Mary’s CE Primary School will consider applications for children living outside the catchment area who are regularly (at least once a month for 12 months prior to application) practising Christians of whatever denomination at a recognised church or religious group, i.e. a member of Churches together in Britain and Ireland (see ctbi.org.uk); the Evangelical Alliance (see eauk.org); the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (see www.fiec.org.uk); Affinity Fellowship of Churches (see www.affinity.org.uk).
10All other children outside catchment — All other children living outside the school’s catchment area.

If two applications tie: If oversubscribed within any of the priority order categories above, places will be allocated based on the shortest straight-line measurement using a geographical information-based system which identifies an Easting and Northing for the home address and the school building and calculates the distance between the two locations.

Supplementary Information Form required for faith or vulnerable-child criteria, to be submitted by 15 January 2027 for primary schools.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.