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Witchampton Church of England First School

  • 5–9Ages
  • 45Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 141854URN

Witchampton, Wimborne, BH21 5AP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Dorset median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset

25 applications for 12 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Dorset median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

25 applications · 12 places offered · 11 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Dorset median median 2.1
  2. 2025 2.9; Dorset median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.8; Dorset median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
  5. 2022 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.1; Dorset median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.8; Dorset median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.3; Dorset median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.7; Dorset median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.2; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.3; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Dorset median

Dashed bars: as Witchampton Church of England Voluntary Aided First School (URN 113821), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202612252.1110.92
Sep 20258232.960.75
Sep 202410282.890.90
Sep 202314302.1141.00
Sep 202211242.2100.91
Sep 202113231.8120.92
Sep 202015312.1201.33
Sep 201910282.880.80
Sep 201812161.3121.00
Sep 201711191.7111.00
Sep 20167152.171.00
Sep 2015 *11131.2111.00
Sep 2014 *372.331.00

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
141854 · 838/3379
Trust
Initio Learning Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
75 pupils · 45 on roll
Free school meals
4.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2015
Replaced
Witchampton Church of England Voluntary Aided First School (URN 113821)
Address
Witchampton, Wimborne, BH21 5AP
Local authority
Dorset

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