Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 |
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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 entry27 applications · 16 places offered · 16 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 2.0; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.4; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 3.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 3.7; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.9; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 16 | 27 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 29 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cerne Abbas CofE VC First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place
- 4.7 km · DorsetGood20232.6applications per place
- 4.9 km · Dorset20261.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 7.7 km · DorsetGood20241.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 8.7 km · DorsetNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 9.4 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 9.7 km · DorsetRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 10.5 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 11.3 km · DorsetGood20232.2applications per place 61%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
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113759 · 838/3009
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 77 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Duck Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 7LA
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources