Sherborne Preparatory School
A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met, January 2026
- Size
- 204 pupils
- Run by
- Its proprietor
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 14 · Mixed
Overview
Getting in
- A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview. Offer-day figures are not published for private schools.
Quality
- Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met
- We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.
Daily life
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 217 m, rail 586 m
- 18 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 5.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.9 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Who runs it
- A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.
Getting in
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Daily life
Stops nearby
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 217 |
| rail | 586 |
Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
Road collisions within 500 m
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 8 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 5.6 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.5 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 5.9 | 2024 |
Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
Pupils
Who goes there
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| SEN support | 24% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 1.0% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 47% | 2025/26 |
Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
Who runs it
Who runs it
- A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.
Area
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Sherborne and the Dorset league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.