Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Sherborne, DT9 6AQ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Sherborne Primary School
Harbour Way, Sherborne, DT9 4AJ
Local ranking44th of 116 primary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
330
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026.
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)
- 47.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 51
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 319
- Boys
- 168 (55%)
- Girls
- 136 (45%)
- Capacity
- 330 (92% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.0%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.8%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
85.8%
White British
5.0%
White Other
2.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Harbour Way
Sherborne, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 144417
- UKPRN
- 10063974
- Establishment No.
- 2029
- Trust
- SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
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