Sherborne Primary School

Sherborne Primary School at a glance

Located in Sherborne, Dorset, Sherborne Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 319 pupils aged 4 to 11. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sherborne Primary School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 48 first choices for 47 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Sherborne Primary 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.