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All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 130 pupils Sherborne
Ofsted: Good
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All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is an academy converter in Sherborne for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 130 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023 of its predecessor, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Giles Lane
Bishops Caundle
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 5NQ
Reference Number 151732

General Makeup

Number of pupils 130
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.08%
Girls: 46.92%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 22.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 38
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 38

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 8 18
2 12 8 20
3 11 8 19
4 9 7 16
5 8 9 17
6 6 15 21

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94.6%
White, Other 2.3%
White & Asian 1.5%
Irish 1.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, inspected in May 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 7 0
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 3 1

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 123 pupils for 119 places. That is 4 more pupils than the school has room for.

Reception intake in the “Sherborne Rural Primary” planning area

Dorset counted 74 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 75 in 2029–30, up 1%.

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 2025–26 All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 25.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.3
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 12.3% of pupils at All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 8 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 2
Speech, language and communication needs 3 1
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 0 1

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.

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Name Distance
Leweston School
3.69 miles
Sherborne School
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4.18 miles
Sherborne Preparatory School
39 Acreman Street, Sherborne, DT9 3NY
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4.59 miles

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All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is part of Pickwick Academy Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

What is All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023 of its predecessor, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

When was All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 130 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at Giles Lane, Bishops Caundle, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5NQ.

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