St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas
Academy converter primary school in Sherborne (Dorset).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Our school is open from 8.45am to 3.15 totalling 32.5 hours. Teaching is generally in mixed-age classes with year groups varying in size. Arrangements are flexible, however, to maintain optimum class sizes and some year groups may be taught on their own as a small class.
The newer part of our school which was built in 1966, houses two Key Stage 1 classrooms (Reception, Years 1 & 2), a large, well-equipped sports hall, a library, school and Heads office, staff room and food technology area.
The other classes (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) are located in the older part of the school, the original Victorian school building which has two classrooms and toilets. We also have an additional modular building housing a classroom and an intervention room these are used for additional teaching space and intervention groups as well as meetings.
Each classroom has access to outside space which is used regularly. Each classroom has an interactive white board or display, a visualiser and computers, which are linked to the school network and the internet. The school has invested in a bank of google chrome pads and ipads that are used wirelessly around the site.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
19 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Football Club
- Yeovil Town Multisports Club
- Recorder
- Guitar and Ukulele
- Mindfulness Club
- Art Club
- Nature Club
- Movie Club
- English
- Maths
- Science
- Geography
- History
- Computing
- Physical Education
- Design Technology
and 3 more
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 144299
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (6 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Natalie Franks | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Zara Whitfield | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Patrick Jake Gallagher | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Gareth Tuck | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Rob Morton | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Morton | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Dick Bennett Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record