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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
West Street, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury SP7 0PF · standrewsfontmell.co.uk · 01747 811500
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Dorset 55%, England 61%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 101
- 58% of 175 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.8%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 14 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 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 17 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Dorset it was 55%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 113800)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Andrew's Church of England Primary School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113800), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113800)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 40
- 49% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (28%) with SEND