Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School

Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School is a good school with outstanding personal development. Inspectors found a broad and ambitious curriculum, strong reading and phonics, effective SEND support, positive behaviour and high attendance. Pupils feel safe, supported and proud of their school, and they benefit from a wide range of clubs, leadership roles and trips. The school’s values of love, courage and respect underpin pupils’ exceptional character development. The inspection was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was carried out under the current framework where schools do not receive an overall effectiveness grade. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision were all judged good. Governors have an accurate view of the school, staff feel well supported, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is curriculum sequencing in a few subjects. In these subjects, the precise knowledge pupils need is not ordered clearly enough, which means learning is not always sharply focused and pupils cannot apply prior learning as well as they could. The school is expected to strengthen sequencing in these subjects so that all pupils learn as well as possible.

Strengths

• Broad and ambitious curriculum that is well adapted for pupils with SEND
• Strong reading and phonics provision, with all pupils passing the phonics screening check in 2024
• Inclusive ethos with effective early identification of SEND and well-targeted support
• Outstanding personal development rooted in the school values of love, courage and respect
• Wide range of extracurricular clubs, leadership opportunities and residential trips
• Positive behaviour and high attendance, with effective support for pupils who struggle
• Well-organised early years curriculum with a clear focus on language and communication
• Effective governors who challenge and support leaders and fulfil statutory duties
• Strong staff development and consideration for staff workload and well-being
• Pupils feel safe and know there is always an adult they can speak to

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, the precise knowledge pupils need is not sequenced effectively, so learning is not sharply focused and pupils cannot apply prior learning as well as they could

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 57.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.9% of pupils at Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School received £7,888 and spent £7,851 for each of its 101 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £87,000 (£860 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School have?

Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School has 101 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School cover?

Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School?

Dogmersfield Church of England Primary School is at Chatter Alley, Dogmersfield, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8SS.