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Cheselbourne Village School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Cheselbourne, DORCHESTER DT2 7NT · cheselbourne.dorset.sch.uk · 01258 837306
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 49
- 82% of 60 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 7 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Cheselbourne Village School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 26
- 51% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied