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Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Voluntary controlled
Duck Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester DT2 7LA · cerneabbas.dorset.sch.uk · 01300 341319
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 77
- 2 over 75 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 17 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Ofsted
Cerne Abbas CofE VC First School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 12 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Sept 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 41
- 56% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied