Community school · Dorset

Stower Provost Community School

4–11Ages
92Pupils
PrimaryPhase
113674URN

Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, SP8 5LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.3 below Dorset median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

21 applications for 12 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

40%met the expected standard

Dorset 54% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 10 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Dorset median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

21 applications · 12 places offered · 11 named it first

2026 1.8; Dorset median median 2.1
2025 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2024 4.7; Dorset median median 2.1
2023 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2022 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2021 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
2020 1.3; Dorset median median 1.9
2019 2.6; Dorset median median 2.1
2018 2.6; Dorset median median 2.0
2017 2.4; Dorset median median 2.0
2016 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
2015 1.8; Dorset median median 1.9
2014 1.3; 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	12	21	1.8	11	0.92
Sep 2025	13	18	1.4	11	0.85
Sep 2024	3	14	4.7	3	1.00
Sep 2023	9	13	1.4	9	1.00
Sep 2022	12	17	1.4	12	1.00
Sep 2021	15	22	1.5	15	1.00
Sep 2020	12	15	1.3	12	1.00
Sep 2019	5	13	2.6	5	1.00
Sep 2018	7	18	2.6	7	1.00
Sep 2017	10	24	2.4	10	1.00
Sep 2016	17	26	1.5	16	0.94
Sep 2015	11	20	1.8	11	1.00
Sep 2014	17	22	1.3	16	0.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 73% · Maths 53% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%72nd of 78 in Dorset

Dorset 54% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard73%

Dorset 73% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Dorset 28% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Dorset 71% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Dorset 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard53%

Dorset 68% England 77%

Higher standard7%

Dorset 17% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Dorset median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	40%	0%	106	99
2023/24	50%	13%	104	100
2022/23	38%	13%	105	102

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

Stower Provost Community SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull
2.7 km · Dorset

Good2023

2.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull
3.9 km · Dorset

Requires improvement2022

2.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School
4.2 km · Dorset

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
Wyke Primary School
4.8 km · Dorset

Requires improvement2022

1.5applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Gillingham Primary School
5.0 km · Dorset

2026

2.0applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury
5.4 km · Dorset

Remains Good2022

2.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Motcombe CofE Primary School
5.5 km · Dorset

Good2023

4.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School
6.8 km · Dorset

2026

1.5applications per place 44%met the SATs standard

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: 113674 · 838/2030
Capacity: 146 pupils · 92 on roll
Free school meals: 13.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Woodville Stour Provost, Gillingham, SP8 5LX
Local authority: Dorset

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources