Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B75
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dorchester, DT2 7LA
- Distance
- 5.0km away
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School
Buckland Newton, Dorchester, DT2 7BY
Local ranking19th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
105
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 10 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- 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)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 88.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 100.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 17
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 109
- Boys
- 61 (55%)
- Girls
- 49 (45%)
- Capacity
- 105 (105% full)
- SEND
- 30.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.7%
- EAL
- 1.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 25.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.4%
- White Other: 3.7%
- White Irish: 0.9%
95.4%
White British
3.7%
White Other
0.9%
White Irish
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Buckland Newton
Dorchester, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 144413
- UKPRN
- 10063969
- Establishment No.
- 3050
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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