Best Primary Schools in Dorchester

We checked all 20 primary schools in Dorchester, Dorset, and list every one: 7 ranked, then 13 without a rank.

Schools checked
20
Ranked
7
Without a rank
13

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Dorchester. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Dorset. Dorset also has rankings for Wimborne, Weymouth, Bridport, Sherborne, Shaftesbury and all of Dorset.

Ranked primary schools in Dorchester

  1. 1

    Thorner's Church of England School, Litton Cheney

    Local authority maintained, 115 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    7%

  2. 2

    Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 110 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    6%

  3. 3

    St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown

    Academy, 441 pupils, inspected September 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    11%

  4. 4

    Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 70 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    11%

  5. 5

    St Osmund's Church of England Middle School

    Academy, 714 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    12%

  6. 6

    Maiden Newton, Greenford Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 137 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%

  7. 7

    Dorchester Middle School

    Academy, 527 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    49%
    Higher standard
    5%

Primary schools in Dorchester without a rank