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37 schools within 10 miles. The nearest is Piddle Valley Church of England First School, 2.8 miles away.

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		Phase		Ofsted
Piddle Valley Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter	2.8 mi	Primary	40	Good, 2023
Buckland Newton Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter	3.0 mi	Primary	110	Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas
Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled	4.8 mi	Primary	137	Good, 2024
St Mary's Church of England First School, CharminsterAcademy converter	5.4 mi	Primary	148	-
Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided	5.9 mi	Primary	70	No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Good
Cheselbourne Village SchoolCommunity	6.0 mi	Primary	49	Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Apr 2013)
Damers First SchoolAcademy converter	6.5 mi	Primary	475	Ungraded inspection, Feb 2025Last graded Good (Oct 2017, previous school)
Puddletown Church of England First SchoolAcademy converter	6.8 mi	Primary	134	No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good
Hazelbury Bryan Primary SchoolCommunity	7.0 mi	Primary	114	Good, 2023
Dorset Studio SchoolStudio schools	7.0 mi	Secondary	332	Good, 2024
Sunninghill Preparatory SchoolOther independent	7.0 mi	Independent	167	-
The Thomas Hardye SchoolAcademy converter	7.1 mi	Secondary	2,014	No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Good
Leweston SchoolOther independent	7.1 mi	Independent	577	-
Dorchester Middle SchoolAcademy converter	7.1 mi	Middle deemed secondary	527	Report card, 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 4, Needs attention in 1
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, PuddletownAcademy converter	7.2 mi	Middle deemed secondary	441	Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Jan 2025, no grade given
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First SchoolVoluntary aided	7.2 mi	Primary	60	Report card, 2026Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1
St Mary's Catholic First School, DorchesterAcademy converter	7.3 mi	Primary	177	Ungraded inspection, Jan 2023Last graded Good (Jul 2010, previous school)
The Prince of Wales SchoolCommunity	7.3 mi	Primary	156	No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Outstanding
St Osmund's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter	7.5 mi	Middle deemed secondary	714	Good, 2022
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolAcademy converter	7.5 mi	Primary	130	Ungraded inspection, May 2023No earlier grade held in our data. This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy.
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter	7.5 mi	Primary	99	Report card, 2026Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 6
Manor Park Church of England First SchoolAcademy sponsor led	7.6 mi	Primary	396	Report card, 2026Expected standard in all seven areas
Dorchester Learning CentrePupil referral unit	8.1 mi	Alternative provision	54	Good, 2022
Thornford CofE Primary SchoolAcademy converter	8.3 mi	Primary	104	No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Good
Milton Abbey SchoolOther independent	8.4 mi	Independent	190	-
Milborne St Andrew First SchoolAcademy converter	8.7 mi	Primary	43	Ungraded inspection, May 2023Last graded Good (Sep 2013, previous school)
Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter	9.2 mi	Primary	336	Report card, 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford AbbasAcademy converter	9.4 mi	Primary	90	Report card, 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2
The Luccombe HubOther independent special	9.4 mi	Special	26	-
Sherborne SchoolOther independent	9.6 mi	Independent	538	-
Sherborne Preparatory SchoolOther independent	9.6 mi	Independent	204	-
Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided	9.7 mi	Primary	33	Requires improvement, 2024
Broadmayne First School and NurseryCommunity	9.7 mi	Primary	139	Good, 2023
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyVoluntary aided	9.8 mi	Primary	115	No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Requires improvement
Sherborne School for GirlsOther independent	9.8 mi	Independent	456	-
Frome Valley CofE First SchoolAcademy converter	10.0 mi	Primary	141	No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Requires improvement
Barwick and Stoford Community Primary SchoolCommunity	10.0 mi	Primary	58	Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 2, Urgent improvement in 3

Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.

The neighbourhood

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This school's neighbourhood is among the 40% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 7 of 10).

Overall deprivation7

Income9

Employment9

Education and skills8

Health10

Crime9

Barriers to housing and services1

Living environment2

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Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.

Children in income-deprived families: 60

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