Living in Sherborne with children
Sherborne, Dorset and Somerset. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 10,359 people in 4,713 households; 19.8% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
14 schools: 9 state primary, 1 state secondary, 4 privateSherborne on the schools map →Every school in Sherborne, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | School remains Good | Top 5% · 2nd in Dorset | — |
| Trent Young's CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 10% · 3rd in Dorset | 1.89 miles (2026) |
| Thornford CofE Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 6th in Dorset | 3.196 miles (2026) |
| Milborne Port Primary School | Good | Top half · 38th in Somerset | — |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 29th in Dorset | — |
| Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 40th in Dorset | — |
| Sherborne Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 51st in Dorset | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 79th in Dorset | — |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gryphon School | School remains Good | Top half · 6th in Dorset | — |
Private schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne School for Girls | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top half · 1st in Dorset | — |
| Sherborne School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top half · 2nd in Dorset | — |
| Leweston School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Lower half · 4th in Dorset | — |
| Sherborne Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (37 detached, 33 semi-detached, 64 terraced, 17 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Sherborne. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Sherborne →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 64% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 95%, on average across the 847 postcodes in DT9. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 5 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.66 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Dorset.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Dorset
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Dorset · Somerset.
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