St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford

Academy converter·Primary school Blandford Forum, Dorset·DT11 8EL
Composite score
28.0
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#13,675
National rank
#1467
In South West
#86
In Dorset
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
43%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
35
any preference, for 21 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.9520240.9420250.952026

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

Every child who put St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
133
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.8
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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Location

School overview

St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford is a primary school serving Blandford Forum, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 133 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford 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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