Primary schools in Blandford Forum
10 primary schools in Blandford Forum, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Blandford Forum in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Blandford Forum first 202 times for 211 places: 0.96 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Dorset authority's 118 schools. One of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.64 miles (Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School) to 3.99 miles (Spetisbury CofE Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School
- Durweston Church of England Primary School
- Milborne St Andrew First School
- Milldown CofE Academy
- Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School
- Shillingstone Church of England Primary School
- Spetisbury CofE Primary School
- Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School
- Downlands Community School
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford
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