Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School

Voluntary aided school·First school Dorchester, Dorset·DT2 9LW

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First 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%

11 first choices, 12 places

First choices per place

0.92

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 12 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.32

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9120221.0020230.8620240.6020250.922026

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

Every child who put Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First 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).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 65
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

4.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

9.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.6%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,861

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Portesham Church of England Primary School Weymouth · 3.1 mi 39.9 Dorchester Middle School Dorchester · 4.0 mi 37.7 Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney Dorchester · 4.2 mi 55.6 St Osmund's Church of England Middle School Dorchester · 4.8 mi 51.7 Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary School Dorchester · 4.8 mi 41.0 St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School Weymouth · 5.6 mi 55.2 Bincombe Valley Primary School Weymouth · 6.1 mi 45.0 Radipole Primary School Weymouth · 6.3 mi 46.0

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

Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School at a glance

Located in Dorchester, Dorset, Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 65 pupils aged 3 to 9. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026.

Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. If you are considering Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.