Cheselbourne Village School

State-Funded School

cheselbourne-village-school-dorset-south-west

South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

West DorsetConstituency

DT2 7NTPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cheselbourne Village School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–9, located in Dorset, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 49 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 9
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 49
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 May 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.