All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sherborne, Dorset·DT9 5NQ
Composite score
81.3
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#663
National rank
#54
In South West
#1
In Dorset
Top 4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
100%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
13 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 13 places
Applications from another council area
14%

Every child who put All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
125
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£2,784
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school serving Sherborne, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 125 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 100% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 19.0 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 among the top 4% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 13 families who put it first were offered a place. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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.

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