The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Shaftesbury, SP7 8HQ
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
Wincombe Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 8PZ
Local ranking67th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Needs attention
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 44.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 54.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 52.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 99.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 52
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 338
- Boys
- 166 (50%)
- Girls
- 167 (50%)
- Capacity
- 420 (79% full)
- SEND
- 20.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.4%
- EAL
- 8.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 17.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.5
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.5% 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: 84.8%
- White Other: 7.6%
- Asian Indian: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- White Traveller: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
84.8%
White British
7.6%
White Other
1.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wincombe Lane
Shaftesbury, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 141810
- UKPRN
- 10048996
- Establishment No.
- 3052
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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