Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 9 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry19 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.9; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.6; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 2.4; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Dorset median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Dorset median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Dorset median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Dorset median
Dashed bars: as Buckland Newton Church of England School (URN 113776), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 11 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 19 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 * | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 88% · Writing 71% · Maths 100% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 6% | 108 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 14% | 108 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 0% | 107 | 109 |
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
- Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · DorsetGood20231.7applications per place
- 6.0 km · DorsetGood20232.6applications per place
- 6.7 km · DorsetGood20232.2applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20231.7applications per place
- 8.5 km · DorsetRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 11.6 km · Dorset20261.6applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 11.7 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 11.9 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 53%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144413 · 838/3050
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 110 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Buckland Newton Church of England School (URN 113776)
- Address
- Buckland Newton, Dorchester, DT2 7BY
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources