Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
F37
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Shaftesbury, SP7 8PZ
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Motcombe CofE Primary School
Church Road, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, SP7 9NT
Local ranking47th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 68.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 14.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 162
- Boys
- 91 (62%)
- Girls
- 55 (38%)
- Capacity
- 210 (70% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 4.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.9
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 97.4%
- White Other: 2.6%
97.4%
White British
2.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Shaftesbury, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 141798
- UKPRN
- 10048987
- Establishment No.
- 3343
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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