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 | Expected standard | ||||
| 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 | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 27 January 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 3 July 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 entry15 applications · 12 places offered · 11 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.3; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 2.3; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.8; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 15 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 18 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 12 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place
- 5.0 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 5.5 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 6.1 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20254.7applications per place
- 6.2 km · DorsetNot yet inspected1.9applications per place
- 6.9 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 7.8 km · DorsetRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 7.9 km · DorsetGood20241.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 7.9 km · DorsetSpecial measures 20262.0applications 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113820 · 838/3377
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 90 pupils · 60 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester, DT2 9LW
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources