Shillingstone Church of England Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Blandford Forum (Dorset).
KS2 RWM expected
67%
▲ 5pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
73%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
73%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
67%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
96.5%
▲ 2pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.7
▼ 1.0 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
26.2%
▲ 1pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
98%
103 / 105 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Academy trust
iGet Information about Schools (DfE), extract of 24 Oct 2026, and Governance Register.Shillingstone Church of England Primary School is one of 18 schools run by Sherborne Area Schools' Trust.
- Type of school
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Religious character
- Church of England
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Schools in the trust
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| School | Phase | Local authority | Pupils | Governors on Governance Register | Latest Ofsted in our data (as at 30 Sep 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 110 | 8 | Report card 2026Expected standard in all seven areas; safeguarding standards met |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School | Primary | Somerset | 49 | 9 | Good 2023 |
| Harbour Vale School | - | Dorset | 23 | 7 | Good 2024 |
| King Arthur's School | Secondary | Somerset | 450 | 9 | Key judgements 2025Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; safeguarding effective |
| Motcombe CofE Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 146 | 9 | Good 2023 |
| Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 333 | 6 | Report card 2026Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 4; safeguarding standards met |
| Shaftesbury School | Secondary | Dorset | 782 | 8 | Good 2023 |
| Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 336 | 10 | Report card 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5; safeguarding standards met |
| Sherborne Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 304 | 10 | Report card 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2; safeguarding standards met |
| Shillingstone Church of England Primary School (this school) | Primary | Dorset | 103 | 7 | Good 2023 |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 99 | 6 | Report card 2026Expected standard in 1 area, Needs attention in 6; safeguarding standards met |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 101 | 8 | Key judgements 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective |
| St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 242 | 6 | Ungraded inspection 2023Last graded Good (Oct 2017, previous school) |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas | Primary | Dorset | 90 | 5 | Report card 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2; safeguarding standards met |
| St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford | Primary | Dorset | 125 | 6 | Report card 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4, Urgent improvement in 1; safeguarding standards met |
| Sturminster Newton High School | Secondary | Dorset | 605 | 8 | Report card 2026Expected standard in all seven areas; safeguarding standards met |
| The Gryphon School | Secondary | Dorset | 1,569 | 13 | Ungraded inspection 2023Last graded Good (Jan 2014) |
| Thornford CofE Primary School | Primary | Dorset | 104 | 6 | Key judgements 2024Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective |
| 18 schools | 5,571 |
Schools linked to the trust in the Governance Register school data (Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026). Pupils are on-roll counts from the register. Ofsted: latest inspection in the Ofsted management information (as at 30 September 2026); "No overall grade" means inspected since September 2024 without a one-word grade; what the inspection found is shown beneath, and the school's Ofsted card has the full table.
What this means
- Funding
- An academy is funded directly by the Department for Education, through its trust, rather than through the local council.
- Admissions
- The trust is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy. Applications are usually still coordinated by the local council.
- Governance
- The trust board is legally accountable for the school. It often delegates some oversight to a local governing body.
General explanation of how academy trusts work in England, not a statement about this trust. See GOV.UK Academy trust governance guide.