Thornford CofE Primary School
Primary · Sherborne · DT9 6QY
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
104 pupils · 99% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 7.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 4% of pupils
- URN
- 144415
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.13 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 17 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
15 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 26 November 2024: S5 Inspection
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
- Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School
- Barwick and Stoford Community Primary School
- Fiveways Special School
- Pen Mill Infant and Nursery Academy
- Reckleford Infant School and Nursery
- St. Michael's Academy