Cranborne Middle School

Community school·Primary school Wimborne, Dorset·BH21 5RP
Composite score
51.6
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#6,724
National rank
#639
In South West
#33
In Dorset
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
9–13
Pupils on roll
306
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
4.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,640
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Cranborne Middle School at a glance

Located in Wimborne, Dorset, Cranborne Middle School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 306 pupils aged 9 to 13. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 31.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Cranborne Middle 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.

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