St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

West DorsetConstituency

DT9 6RHPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Dorset, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 90 pupils. St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas is part of Sherborne Area Schools' Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 18 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 58%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

100%

Pupils

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

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: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 90
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Sherborne Area Schools' Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Mar 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
21 Oct 2006	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.