Cheselbourne Village School

Community school·First school DORCHESTER, Dorset·DT2 7NT

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Cheselbourne Village School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

7 first choices, 7 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 7 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Cheselbourne Village School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 51
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

22.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

21.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

2.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

13.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£10,457

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown Dorchester · 3.8 mi 52.5 Dunbury Church of England Academy Winterborne Whitechurch · 4.6 mi 39.8 Hazelbury Bryan Primary School Sturminster Newton · 5.0 mi 52.5 Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School Dorchester · 5.3 mi 53.2 St Osmund's Church of England Middle School Dorchester · 7.7 mi 51.7 Shillingstone Church of England Primary School Blandford Forum · 7.8 mi 58.7 Dorchester Middle School Dorchester · 7.9 mi 37.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Cheselbourne Village School

Cheselbourne Village School is a primary school in DORCHESTER, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 51 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Cheselbourne Village School their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.3%. There are about 13.4 pupils per teacher. Cheselbourne Village School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.