Sherborne Primary School
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
We hold no last distance for this school.
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How it is worked outRanked on 2025 KS2 results: the share reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. One year and one figure: each school's place among Dorset's primaries with a published figure that year; the share reaching the higher standard breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.
- One rank everywhere on the site. A school with no published figure that year is not ranked, never put last.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Ofsted report card, January 2026
- Getting in
- Oversubscribed for Reception 2026
- Results
- 47% expected standard; 6% higher standard
- Size
- 304 pupils; 47 places a year; classes of 28
- Run by
- Sherborne Area Schools' Trust
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 47%, against 57% in Dorset.
- Higher standard: 6%, against 7% in Dorset.
- Persistently absent: 12.6%, against 11.6% in Dorset.
- Suspensions per 100 pupils: 10.3, against 1.4 in Dorset.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
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 →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 6 January 2026
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Ofsted report card (Achievement: Needs attention; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met)
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 47% (England 62%) (county 57%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 6% (England 8%) (county 7%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 47% | 62% | 57% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 6% | 8% | 7% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | (57/79) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 5.4% of sessions missed; 13% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 4.6% and 9.6%
- Suspensions: 10 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 27.6 pupils; 31% of classes have more than 30
- 21.0 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 149 m
- 11 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 5.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.8 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 4894 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 4.6% | 0.7% | 13% | 1.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 17% | 1.4% |
| 2022/23 | 6.0% | 4.7% | 1.2% | 18% | 1.8% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 4.6% | 9.6% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 10.3 | 4.4% | 33 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 11.4 | 3.8% | 36 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 6.3 | 3.0% | 19 | 0 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 0.8 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 27.6 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 31% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 21.0 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, 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.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 149 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 5.0 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.6 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 5.8 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 18% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 5.9% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 13% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 3.0% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 45% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2026.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6 January 2026 | Report card | 7 areas graded |
| 14 October 2021 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
- 48 families put it first for 47 places; 46 of them got in
- We hold a catchment map for this school.
- We can't tell how far Reception places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2017 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reception | 2026 | 47 | 48 | 78 | 46 |
| Reception | 2025 | 42 | 39 | 70 | 39 |
| Reception | 2024 | 47 | 49 | 76 | 46 |
| Reception | 2023 | 47 | 43 | 74 | 42 |
| Reception | 2022 | 32 | 28 | 64 | 28 |
| Reception | 2021 | 36 | 36 | 64 | 36 |
| Reception | 2020 | 40 | 40 | 65 | 40 |
| Reception | 2019 | 48 | 49 | 73 | 47 |
| Reception | 2018 | 39 | 39 | 68 | 39 |
| Reception | 2017 | 48 | 51 | 84 | 48 |
Feeder school rules
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SourceThe admission arrangements the school or council published.
How it is worked outQuoted word for word from those arrangements.
- Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.
Priority at secondary schools
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2017
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 May 2017
- Sherborne Area Schools' Trust, with 18 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 June 2017
- Replaced Sherborne Primary School (URN 113673)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School1.3 miTrent Young's CofE Primary School3.1 miThornford CofE Primary School3.4 miSt Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas3.9 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- 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
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Sherborne and the Dorset league table.
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