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Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School

Primary · Sherborne · DT9 4NL

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 July 2023

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At a glance

49 pupils · 86% of 57 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
8.2% of pupils
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils
SEN support
21.4% of pupils
EHC plan
0% of pupils
Website
https://www.charltonhorethorne.somerset.sch.uk/
URN
146896

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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)

3 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.1%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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.

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