Best Primary Schools in Shaftesbury

We checked all 7 primary schools in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and list every one: 5 ranked, then 2 without a rank.

Schools checked
7
Ranked
5
Without a rank
2

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 Shaftesbury. 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 Dorchester, Wimborne, Weymouth, Bridport, Sherborne and all of Dorset.

Ranked primary schools in Shaftesbury

  1. 1

    Motcombe CofE Primary School

    Academy, 146 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    14%

  2. 2

    The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected July 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    5%

  3. 3

    Semley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 126 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%

  4. 4

    Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 333 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    44%
    Higher standard
    8%

  5. 5

    Ludwell Primary School

    Academy, 89 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    35%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Shaftesbury without a rank