Thornford CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C68
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Sherborne, DT9 6QY
- Distance
- 2.0km away
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas
Mill Lane, Sherborne, DT9 6RH
Local ranking58th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
119
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
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)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 63.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 98.0
- Cohort Size
- 16
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 89
- Boys
- 43 (48%)
- Girls
- 46 (52%)
- Capacity
- 119 (75% full)
- SEND
- 30.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.7%
- EAL
- 1.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 28.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.9
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.2% 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: 98.9%
- White Other: 1.1%
98.9%
White British
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Mill Lane
Sherborne, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 144299
- UKPRN
- 10063962
- Establishment No.
- 3049
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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