Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 13 January 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 7 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry24 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.0; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.1; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.1; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.1; Dorset median median 1.8
- This school
- Dorset median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 22 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 17 | 17 | 1.0 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 32 | 33 | 1.0 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 37 | 39 | 1.1 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 30 | 1.1 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 17 | 22 | 1.3 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 32 | 1.1 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 37 | 41 | 1.1 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 33 | 1.1 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 38 | 43 | 1.1 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 42 | 47 | 1.1 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 44 | 50 | 1.1 | 44 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 54% · Writing 54% · Maths 65% → all three 42% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Dorset median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 42% | 4% | 102 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 3% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 3% | 104 | 103 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Downlands Community SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · DorsetNot yet inspected2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · DorsetGood20223.1applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · Dorset20262.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 7.1 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place
- 9.2 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113659 · 838/2002
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 201 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Replaced
- St Leonard's School (URN 113876)
- Address
- Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, DT11 8BG
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources